Keith O'Brien Quotes

• To increase aid to the Pakistan government when religious freedom is not upheld is tantamount to an anti-Christian foreign policy.

  Keith O'Brien

  Cristiano, Religioso, Gobierno

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• Está claro que si es sensato celebrar un referéndum sobre la independencia, es crucial que lo hagamos sobre el matrimonio. Es la única manera de que el país pueda avanzar en esta cuestión. Que todos los que tienen una opinión sobre este tema depositen su confianza en el pueblo escocés y dejen que Escocia decida.

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  País, Mudanza, Temas

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• 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.

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  Jesus, Simple, Trying

  "Catholic cardinal calls on Christians to wear their crosses every day" by Damien Pearse, www.theguardian.com. April 7, 2012.

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• Perhaps more than ever before, there is that aggressive secularism and there are those who would indeed try to destroy our Christian heritage and culture and take God from the public square. Religion must not be taken from the public square.

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  Christian, Taken, Squares

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• There is no doubt that, as a society, we have become blase about the importance of marriage as a stabilising influence and less inclined to prize it as a worthwhile institution.

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  Doubt, Influence, Institutions

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• I've liked women but I've never felt I wanted to give up my life completely. I've never wanted to go to bed with anybody.

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  Giving Up, Bed, Wanted

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• I hope that increasing numbers of Christians adopt the practice of wearing a cross in a simple and discreet way as a symbol of their beliefs.

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  Christian, Simple, Practice

  "Catholic cardinal calls on Christians to wear their crosses every day" by Damien Pearse, www.theguardian.com. April 7, 2012.

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• 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.

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  Sex, Block, School

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• Si el matrimonio puede redefinirse de modo que ya no signifique un hombre y una mujer, sino dos hombres o dos mujeres, ¿por qué detenerse ahí? ¿Por qué no permitir que tres hombres o una mujer y dos hombres constituyan un matrimonio?

  Keith O'Brien

  Media, Hombres, Dos

  "Catholic leader calls government's gay marriage plans 'madness'". www.theguardian.com. March 4, 2012.

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• 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.

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  Madre, Sexo, Hijos

  "We cannot afford to indulge this madness". www.telegraph.co.uk. March 3, 2012.

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• There was no pomp and ceremony in connection with the birth of Jesus - rather the opposite: it took place in simplicity and in poverty.

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  Jesus, Opposites, Simplicity

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• The church's teaching on marriage is unequivocal, it is uniquely, the union of a man and a woman and it is wrong that governments, politicians or parliaments should seek to alter or destroy that reality.

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  Teaching, Reality, Men

  "Same-sex marriage: Scotland urged to resist Catholic church campaign" by Lizzy Davies, www.theguardian.com. August 26, 2012.

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• Nuestro Primer Ministro, Gordon Brown, ha dado el apoyo del Gobierno al proyecto de ley sobre fertilización humana y embriología. Resulta difícil imaginar un texto legislativo que atente más ampliamente contra la santidad y la dignidad de la vida humana que este proyecto de ley.

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  Government, Support, Pieces

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• My message to David Cameron, as the head of our government, is to seriously think again about this Robin Hood tax, the tax to help the poor by taking a little bit from the rich.

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  Thinking, Government, Messages

  "Cardinal accuses David Cameron of 'immoral' behaviour and favouring rich" by Shiv Malik, www.theguardian.com. April 29, 2012.

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• 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.

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  Religious, Scotland, Voice

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• In Scotland over many years we have cultivated through our justice system what I hope can be described as a 'culture of compassion.' On the other hand, there still exists in many parts of the U.S., if not nationally, an attitude towards the concept of justice which can only be described as a 'culture of vengeance.'

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  Attitude, Compassion, Hands

  "Lockerbie bomber: Scottish Catholic leader attacks US 'culture of vengeance'" by Jenny Percival, www.theguardian.com. August 8, 2010.

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• Whatever flaws or personal failings afflict them, it remains the case that the overwhelming majority of priests and politicians are honourable and honest - seeking to live out their beliefs and serve society.

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  Majority, Belief, Honest

  "Paedophile priests have left Catholics confused and demoralised, cardinal to say" by Riazat Butt, www.theguardian.com. April 2, 2010.

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• No Government has the moral authority to dismantle the universally understood meaning of marriage.

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  Government, Moral, Authority

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

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  Appreciate, Might, Wonder

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