Orthodoxy FAIL: "A Catholic View Of Gay Marriage"

A letter to the Washington Post editor from Mark Clark, a member of the board of "Dignity USA, a national organization of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Catholics and their families and supporters":

"A Catholic View of Gay Marriage"

As one of the 580,000 Catholics in the Washington Archdiocese, I object to the suggestion by Ronald Jackson, executive director of the D.C. Catholic Conference ["Wuerl Ups Opposition to Gay Marriage," Metro, Sept. 2] that we are all bigots.

Many Catholics support the right of all people to marry, whether to a person of the opposite sex or to a person of the same sex.

Church authorities should stick to the governance of religious wedding ceremonies and leave to civil authorities the responsibility of granting marriage licenses, a responsibility that should be exercised without discrimination.

Calling faithful Catholics "bigots"? Check. False "Church is a democracy" assertion? Check. "Church shouldn't speak out on moral issues" fallacy? Check.

That's one heckuva letter to the editor.