Irrationality of legalization of homosexual partnerships vis-à-vis the unique and irreplaceable value and role of marriage and family Cover Image

Irracjonalność legalizacji związków homoseksualnych wobec jedynej i niepowtarzalnej wartości i roli małżeństwa i rodziny
Irrationality of legalization of homosexual partnerships vis-à-vis the unique and irreplaceable value and role of marriage and family

Author(s): Józef Krzywda
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Gender Studies, Family and social welfare
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
Keywords: Catholic Church; family; homosexual partnership; marriage; John Paul II; society;

Summary/Abstract: The problem treated in the paper refers to acts of legalization of homosexual partnerships which meets strong opposition not only from the Church but also from all the people who believe that marriage and family, rooted in the natural divine law, assure a proper development of these institutions while constituting the guarantee of the development of individual persons and societies. A common sense rational argument (recta ratio) in favor of respect for natural law, verified in the entire experience of human society by the existence of marriage and family, does not agree with acts of authorizing and legitimizing partnership of persons of the same sex. Rejection of – as John Paul II said – God as the Creator, and thus the rejection of the source of determining that which is good and wrong, stands as the root cause of the contestation of the notion of the “human nature”. Therein lies the essence of the problem of evil. There is then a justified hope that the acts in question will be disapproved and rejected by all who follow rational argument (recta ratio).

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 44
  • Page Range: 297-306
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish