Liberal Media Insist Archbishop Nienstedt's DVD Too Political

Editor: Once again demonstrates the weakness of the democratic process. Moral laws should not be subject to a plebiscite.

The following story also covers homosexuals engaging in frankensteinian efforts to have children by surrogate mothers. Homosexuals, generally more well-to-do than most, are willing to pay substantial amounts to have a child, as much as $30,000 for carrying a child to term.

One of the couple insists that opposition to this attempts to deprive his father of grandchildren, but he's depriving his children of a normal family life and a mother. It is against Church teaching for many reasons, not least of which is the injustice to the children that they will have no emotional with their children.

Four weeks before voters head to the polls, Catholic bishops in Minnesota have raised an issue that has largely taken a backseat to the economy and jobs this election season, renewing calls for a state constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage.

While such advocacy by religious groups is not uncommon, never before has the message come in the form of a DVD mailed to all Catholic households in the state. And, some say, never before has such a campaign appeared so political.

Because one candidate in the state's three-way race for governor, Republican Tom Emmer, opposes same-sex marriage, the church's message and its timing amount to an unambiguous endorsement, critics say.

The anonymous donation to the archdiocese that funded the production of more than 400,000 DVDs has also stoked questions about the proper role of religious institutions in the political process.

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