Pittsburgh bishop testifies for Marriage Protection Amendment

Published: 2008-04-17

PITTSBURGH (CNS) -- Bishop David A. Zubik of Pittsburgh was among those who testified on behalf of Pennsylvania's proposed Marriage Protection Amendment at a hearing April 10 at the Allegheny County Courthouse. More than 200 people packed the chambers of the Allegheny County Council to hear the often-spirited debate. "That marriage must be considered truly sacred seems to elude us," Bishop Zubik said. "We have reached the point of a laissez faire view of marriage, a concerted effort to expand its definition so vaguely that marriage essentially becomes meaningless. "At a time when we should be engaged in doing all we can to strengthen marriage, and strengthen especially the family, we are facing cultural forces that want to so water down the definition of marriage that it could apply to any human relationship, or to no relationship at all," he said. The bishop's testimony came before the Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by state Sen. Stewart Greenleaf.

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