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Supreme Court Decisions on Marriage: 'Tragic Day For Marriage and Our Nation,' state U.S. Bishops

National Catholic News

June 26, 2013


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WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court decisions June 26 striking down part of the Defense of Marriage Act and refusing to rule on the merits of a challenge to California's Proposition 8 mark a "tragic day for marriage and our nation," said Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco, chair of the U.S. bishops' Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage.

The statement follows.

Read the complete news release from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops>

June 26, 2013

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