(Headquarter building of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington, D.C.)
Marriage protection essential to the common good, says Bishop Cordileone;
Cites right of every child to be raised by mother and father;
North Carolina is 30th state to protect marriage via constitutional amendment.
WASHINGTON - The decision by voters of North Carolina to define marriage in a constitutional amendment as the union of one man and one woman "affirms the authentic and timeless meaning of marriage," said Bishop Salvatote Cordileone of Oakland, California.
Bishop Cordileone, chairman of the Subcommittee on the Promotion and Defense of Marriage of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), applauded the May 8 decision with Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Raleigh and Bishop Peter J. Jugis of Charlotte, North Carolina.
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