Springfield’s Catholic Bishop is urging local Catholics to keep fighting against a bill to legalize same-sex marriage.
Bishop Thomas John Paprocki testified against the legislation in a state Senate committee Thursday, and has issued a letter to be read in all local Catholic churches this weekend.
The testimony and the letter say that the proposal endangers religious freedom and marriage itself, and promotes the “harmful ideas” that marriage is intended primarily as a romantic and emotional union or as a means for adult satisfaction.
