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Catholic
Theologian Condemned
For
Pro-Gay Writings
by AP
from 365Gay.com on the Web, March 30, 2007
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Washington -- The U.S.
Conference of Catholic Bishops has taken the unusual step of declaring pamphlets
by a Marquette University theologian incompatible with church teaching.
Daniel Maguire last year distributed pamphlets to all the U.S. bishops titled,
"The Moderate Roman Catholic Position on Contraception and Abortion" and "A
Catholic Defense of Same-Sex Marriage."
The bishops' doctrine committee said in a statement that Maguire gave his views
wide distribution "as if they were a valid alternative to the teaching of the
Catholic Church," so the prelates felt it was important to publicly denounce his
arguments.
Maguire, a graduate of Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, teaches
religious ethics at Marquette, a Jesuit school. He has been challenging
the church's views on sexuality for years.
In a March 23 response to the bishops, Maguire called church leaders "arrogant,"
saying they ignored the central message of his pamphlets and letter last year.
He said he told the bishops that were overly fixated on contraception, abortion
and same-sex marriage and neglected justice issues including poverty, racism and
environmental degradation.
Marquette University said in a statement that it agrees with the bishops that
Maguire's pamphlets are not in accord with Catholic teaching. But Maguire
has a right to express his views and, "as a tenured professor, he also has
rights related to his academic discipline," the university said.
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