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From Raw Story: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/08/detroit-catholic-leaders-suggest-self-excommunication-for-same-sex-marriage-supporters/
By David Edwards
Monday, April 8, 2013
The archbishop of Detroit told Catholics who support same sex marriage that they should effectively excommunicate themselves.
Archbishop Allen Vigneron on Sunday said that Catholics who support marriage equality and try to receive Communion would “logically bring shame for a double-dealing that is not unlike perjury,” according to the Detroit Free Press.
Vigneron’s comments come after Sacred Heart Major Seminary canon law professor Edward Peters made similar remarks in a blog posting last month.
“Catholics who promote ‘same-sex marriage’ act contrary to Canon 209 § 1 and should not approach for holy Communion per Canon 916,” Peters wrote. “Depending on the facts of the case, they also risk having holy Communion withheld from them under Canon 915, being rebuked under Canon 1339 § 2, and/or being sanctioned under Canon 1369 for gravely injuring good morals.”
“The Catholic Church would regard any attempt by persons of the same sex to marry, regardless of their religious affiliation or lack thereof, as null,” he insisted.
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