UK Cath. Mag.: Same-Sex Marriage Battle Is Over; Church Should "Make Peace with Gays, Lesbians"

A British Catholic magazine called The Tablet has claimed that the battle over same-sex marriage is "over" -- and the Catholic Church should now "make peace with gays and lesbians" -- the Cybercast News Service website reports today (March 9, 2013).

The Tablet said in a March 5 editorial that the Church has lost the battle over same-sex marriage, and there is "no more mileage" in the issue of "gay marriage."

Pointing out that more than half of the Catholic members of the British House of Commons voted in favor of a same-sex marriage bill, and that polls in the United States show that a majority of Catholics are no longer opposed to same-sex marriage, the editors concluded that "there is no more mileage in this issue for the Catholic Church," and called on Catholic bishops in England and in the United States to concede defeat.

"The sensible course would be to put it on the back burner with the heat turned low -- to make peace with the gay world and move on," the editorial said.