The Catholic Church's Issues Over Same-Sex Marriage

Next month a bill is going to be voted on relating to same-sex marriage in Washington D.C. The district has been trying to stop discrimination against gays and lesbians, so there new bill proposes that there shall be no discrimination against gays and lesbians. Of course the Catholic Church does not want to accept this new bill and they have even told the District that if this bill is passed they will abandon the contracts that they have with the district (the Catholic Church in Washington, D.C. actually runs a lot of social service programs)- which the District actually needs. The Catholic Church fears this new bill because they may be forced to give employee benefits to same-sex married couples (The Post).

To me it seems as though the Catholic Church is trying to blackmail the District into doing what they want. I think that if the Catholic Church really did believe in what they teach everyday in their masses, they should continue doing their social services programs. A new bill should not stop the Catholic Church from doing good just because they disagree with some that is against their belief. I think that making the District choose between gay and lesbian rights and the Catholic Church is really appalling- the Church should not be doing that.