Cardinal Dolan: The Catholic church isn't anti-gay

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The way I see this issue is if we treat each other equally with respect we won't have the problems we do. I believe having homosexual sex is immoral. Heck, I believe any sexual relationship outside of marriage is immoral. That's my belief, so why hate me for that. I also disagree politically with Democrats, but I don't hate them. If we as a country feel that homosexual couples and unmarried couples are being discriminated against by the tax system or other privilege granted to married couples, then we can give them that right. But for thousands of years marriage has been defined as a union between a man and a woman and has been held as sacred to many. We're now changing that meaning. That's like a college saying that they are changing the definition of fraternities and saying that they're now for men and women. Women already have sororities which have equal privileges. If we're going to grant the same rights, call it something else.