Keith O'Brien Quotes

Keith O'Brien — Scottish Clergyman born on March 17, 1938,

Keith Michael Patrick O'Brien is a retired Scottish Roman Catholic bishop. He was the Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh from 1985 to 2013... (wikipedia)

Same-sex marriage would eliminate entirely in law the basic idea of a mother and a father for every child. It would create a society which deliberately chooses to deprive a child of either a mother or a father.

I might be celibate, but I appreciate the wonder of the sacrament of marriage.

Redefining marriage will have huge implications for what is taught in our schools, and for wider society. It will redefine society since the institution of marriage is one of the fundamental building blocks of society. The repercussions of enacting same-sex marriage into law will be immense.

In Scotland, Catholics have raised their voices against sectarianism and intolerance directed against the Church. Clearly, these actions show that freedom of religious expression, a basic human right, is not upheld in our midst as widely and as completely as it should be.

I know that many of you do wear such a cross of Christ, not in any ostentatious way, not in a way that might harm you at your work or recreation, but a simple indication that you value the role of Jesus Christ in the history of the world, that you are trying to live by Christ's standards in your own daily life.

Keith O'Brien Quotes

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