{"id":10549,"date":"2013-03-07T09:40:42","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T16:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/publiccatholic\/?p=10549"},"modified":"2014-12-29T20:11:01","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T03:11:01","slug":"more-than-100000-march-for-marriage-in-puerto-rico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/publiccatholic\/2013\/03\/more-than-100000-march-for-marriage-in-puerto-rico\/","title":{"rendered":"More Than 100,000 March for Marriage in Puerto Rico"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Supporters of traditional marriage are showing up to march all over the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Paris saw two enormous marches for marriage this past year. The last one drew close to a million people. Puerto Ricans joined in February 18 when more what media experts estimated that between 100,000 and 200,000 people marched for marriage. This is an enormous showing on an island with a population of only 3.5 million.<\/p>\n

Despite this, the news coverage outside the religious press was scanty to non-existent.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time for Americans to join in and do our part. The March for Marriage will be March 26, in Washington DC. Be there, or be square.<\/p>\n

A CNA article describing the march says in part:<\/p>\n

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The president of the United Ministry for the Family, Dr. Cesar Vasquez Muniz, said the demonstration came about \u201cin response to threats against marriage and the family.\u201d<\/p>\n

The march \u201cis an act to defend our rights and protect children,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Bishop Daniel Fernandez Torres of Arecibo, who took part in the pro-family march, said that when a society dismantles the traditional family, it is destined for ruin and destruction.<\/p>\n

A parallel march organized by gay advocates attracted just hundreds of attendees, according to local media reports.<\/p>\n

Puerto Rico\u2019s Senate and House of Representatives are currently debating measures that would legalize gay unions, allow same-sex couples to adopt and change the curriculum relating to gender that is taught in schools.<\/p>\n

Organizers of the march said the proposals constitute \u201ca legislative attack against our freedom of conscience, freedom of expression and of religion.\u201d<\/p>\n

The passage of these measures would lay the foundation for legal discrimination against the Church and Christians, they said, and would lead to the marginalization of Christian values from the laws that govern the island.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s time for Americans to join in and do our part. The March for Marriage will be March 26, in Washington DC. For more information, go here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Be there, or be square.<\/p>\n

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