"My word shall not return to Me void, but shall do My will, achieving the end for which I sent it" (Isaiah 55: 11))

As reported by the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference (PCC, 7/10/14),

• "The effort by Clerk of Orphan’s Court Theresa Santai Gaffney to pursue intervention to appeal the Whitewood decision had proceeded to the Supreme Court.  Her petition to the U.S. Supreme Court for a stay of the Whitewood decision was denied on July 9^th by Justice Alito, who is responsible for matters filed in Third Circuit cases."

As per CITIZENLink (7/10/14),

• "Santai-Gaffney’s attorney, Randy Wenger, with the Independence Law Center, said the legal group is considering its next steps.  'We believe Theresa is a proper party and we believe that intervention is appropriate,' he said. 'She’s an elected official charged with carrying out the marriage law. Therefore, she has a unique interest in the judicial review of this law. So, this is not the end of the road for us and it shouldn’t be. The people of Pennsylvania deserve to have adequate review of this law.'"

As per the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-Fam, 7/11/14),

• "The goal of normalizing same-sex relations through legislation is hitting roadblocks in legislatures, courts, and among people around the globe....Adoption by same-sex couples is in some ways a more difficult subject, particularly in Europe. Few European countries allow same-sex couples to adopt"

Now is Not the Time to Fall Silent

Shouldn't material from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' (USCCB) "Marriage: Unique for a Reason", as well as all "alerts" from the USCCB and the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference, be readily available in all parish bulletins and on all parish web sites?

 As per the USCCB's "Alerts Central" (http://cqrcengage.com/catholicbishops/action):

• Marriage and Religious Freedom Act
  Support MARFA: Call Your Representative and Senators!
• Please Support the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act!
  

  Suggested Message: “Please co-sponsor and support the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, S. 946. Our tax dollars should not be used to fund or promote abortion.”
• State Marriage Defense Act
  

  Contact Your Representative and Senators Today!
• Marriage Protection Amendment
  

  Support the MPA by Contacting Your Representative Now!
• Protect Conscience Rights and Religious Liberty!
  

  Please support conscience rights and religious liberty today by urging passage of the Health Care Conscience Rights Act (H.R. 940 / S. 1204)!
• Support unemployment insurance for workers searching for decent jobs!
  

  Economy still failing to produce sufficient decent job opportunities for all who want to work

As per the Pa Catholic Conference's "Current Alerts" (http://www.pacatholic.org/):

Support Marriage

Thank You for Supporting Expectant Parents

Support Equal Education Funding in Pennsylvania

Respect All Parties in Adoption

Protect religious liberty and rights of conscience

Thank You For Your Vote Against Human Trafficking

Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Gender Expression and Religious Liberty

Death Penalty: Choose Life

Pass Immigration Reform

I Support Marriage and Pennsylvania's DOMA

While both Senator Casey and Senator Toomey identify themselves as Catholic, neither is co-sponsoring the Marriage and Religious Freedom Act (S 1808) or the State Marriage Defense Act (S 2024).  No Catholic member of the House of Representatives from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia (i.e., Bob Brady, Mike Fitzpatrick, Pat Meehan) is co-sponsoring the Marriage Protection Amendment (HJ Res 51), the Marriage and Religious Freedom Act (HR 3133), or the State Marriage Defense Act (HR 3829).

You can email Sen Casey, Sen Toomey, Rep Brady, Rep Fitzpatrick, and Rep Meehan - with copies to the archbishop and his auxiliary bishops - requesting co-sponsorship/support of HJ Res 51, HR 3133 / S 1808, HR 3829 / S 2024.