#080: Taylor’s Catholic Thoughts on Same Sex Marriage [Podcast]

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Dr. Taylor Marshall

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Education

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🗓️ 30 June 2015

⏱️ 51 minutes

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I recorded a long cultural and theological reflection about my thoughts on Same-Sex Marriage, culture, and its relationship to nature and grace through the lens of Saint Thomas Aquinas. It's robustly Catholic, but without the hate and judgmentalism. Scroll down and click the "Play" button to begin listening: (http://taylormarshall.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/trad-marriage-stripes-e1435680073571.jpg) This audio program was initially only for the Members of the New Saint Thomas Institute (http://newsaintthomas.com). However, I'm getting so many inquiries on the subject, I'd like to make it available to everyone. I know that the Members of NSTI won't mind if we share this. Even more, I'm hearing from so many Catholics who did not hear one word about the Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage from the pulpit last Sunday, and they are confused. They want a Catholic perspective. So here goes. This is a crucial topic and if we don't get marriage right, our children will experience pains in the future. Brief synopsis of this Podcast on Same Sex Marriage: Humans can survive on synthetic hormonal contraceptives, in vitro babies, and same-sex parental families. The question we should ask is not, "Can it work?" but "Is this good for humanity over the span of several generations?" It's really a question about crafting a human society naturally or synthetically. In the audio version below, we follow an analogy: Do you want to eat GMO veggies and synthetics meats? They will give you calories and energy, but...we all prefer that which is natural. Whole foods lead to a whole life. That which has been cultivated in accord with nature is always better. This same argument applies to raising future generations. Our procreative organs are designed to function naturally for a natural end. Do we want to create the future human society synthetically or in accord with nature? This is our debate surrounding marriage. Love wins only when nature wins - and grace perfects nature. [I also address the 'Catholic' objection: "Gay marriage is okay civilly, just not inside the church as a sacrament."] Please feel free to listen to my "Catholic thoughts on Same Sex Marriage" and get ready for some natural law without judgmentalism: Click here to listen: Don't see the "Play" button in your email or browser? Click here to begin listening. (http://taylormarshall.com/?p=6101) Please share this with your friends on Facebook by clicking here. (http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftaylormarshall.com%2F2015%2F06%2F080-taylors-catholic-thoughts-on-same-sex-marriage-podcast.html) (http://taylormarshall.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Screen-Shot-2014-04-22-at-10.16.23-AM.png) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to Ox Talk Radio, the official podcast of the New St Thomas Institute.
0:08.0	Howdy my stocks and this is Taylor Marshall.
0:10.0	Today we're going to look at an issue that's becoming even more difficult, even
0:15.9	more controversial for Catholics like us and that is the issue of same-sex marriage.
0:22.3	Last week the Supreme Court United States of America of same-sex marriage.
0:23.0	Last week, the Supreme Court, United States of America, legalized same-sex marriage.
0:27.9	So today we're going to look at some of the objections that people bring against the Catholic teaching and also look at this
0:37.2	objection that people bring up Catholics that are well-meaning sometimes that say you know we Catholics personally believe that
0:44.2	marriages between a man and a woman but we can't legislate other people and
0:50.0	therefore we should support same-sex marriage.
0:54.4	We're going to look at how that relates to nature and grace
0:58.3	through the lens of St. Thomas Aquinas. Good evening, good afternoon, and good morning to all of you members of the New St Thomas Institute, the mighty mighty Musk Oxen, this is Taylor Marshall and I am back from Rome. It was a wonderful experience.
1:26.6	I was teaching their seminarians for the Rome experience and the Rome
1:30.6	experience is a amazing apostolate founded by a great priest, Father Jim
1:36.2	Socius, in which seminarians apply and receive scholarships to go to Rome and for six weeks
1:45.0	six weeks study, pray, attend Mass, meet with Cardinals,
1:49.8	meet with Archbishops, go to Masses with the Pope, and take courses on architecture, which is important
1:56.9	because these seminarians will go on to be pastors, and most pastors have never been trained
2:02.0	in architecture, never been trained in sacred art,
2:04.4	and yet they are tasked with overseeing multi-million dollar building projects,
2:11.1	and yet they have no experience.
2:12.4	So one of the things that this minister building projects and yet they have no experience.
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