N.Y. Archbishop Compares Gay Marriage to Marrying His Mom
New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan is a man of the world in some senses, showing his love of cigars and beer in this "60 Minutes Overtime" clip, but he's all about strict adherence to Catholic doctrine when it comes to some hotly contested .New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan is a man of the world in some senses, showing his love of cigars and beer in this “60 Minutes Overtime” clip, but he’s all about strict adherence to Catholic doctrine when it comes to some hotly contested issues: gay marriage, female priests, abortion.
Here, he takes up a disappointingly common rhetorical tool to explain the church’s aversion to gay marriage, asking Morley Safer, “Where would, then, the tampering stop? I mean, I love my mom. I don’t have the right to marry her.” Sigh. –KA
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