Fr. Brian W. Harrison, O.S.
With several states now having legalized same-sex marriage, we are faced by a constant stream of propaganda designed to persuade us that this revolutionary change in our ethical and social norms, and in the whole legally recognized nature of family life, is both morally imperative and historically inevitable.Perhaps the most effective rhetorical weapon currently being wielded in this campaign is an appeal to a supposed precedent, namely, the legalization of interracial marriage in the earlier civil rights struggle. Indeed, we are being bombarded with propaganda to the effect that opposition to “gay marriage” is a form of outrageous “bigotry”, just like racism. In a decision several years ago that prompted last year’s ‘Proposition 8’ referendum, the California Supreme Court reasoned that just as that State’s prohibition of black-white marriage was ruled discriminatory and unconstitutional back in 1948, so now its existing prohibition of same-sex marriage should be overturned for the same reason.
Is Rome Treating the SSPX Unfairly? Credo's Spiritual Adviser Fr. Brian Harrison, O.S. thinks not. As has been 
Credo President Dr. Robert Hurley is stepping down from the post after five years’ service, but will remain a Board Member. He spent countless hours and a considerable amount of his own money to contribute to the success of Credo. Perhaps his most important contribution was the wisdom and organization he brought to our board meetings. Because of his leadership Credo has become more successful in our efforts to cooperate in the New Evangelization. Dr. Hurley never missed a meeting, always arrived early and had distributed an agenda that covered the important topics we needed to cover. Under his leadership Credo have made a number of strides. For the first time, we have had our slate of speakers in place at the beginning of the year. We established an Advisory Board to help us identify and secure speakers for our Forums; we enhanced our membership process, implemented a new and improved web site, a Facebook page, an e-newsletter to improve our outreach and communication efforts. He certainly deserves our heartfelt thanks for the fine job he did in his years as Credo President.
First an economic meltdown and the bailout of companies and banks “too big to fail”; the highest rates of unemployment seen since the Great Depression, and now the infamous “HHS Mandate” that seeks to force all employers, even Catholic ministries like hospitals and universities to pay for contraceptives. Is there a relationship between these things and broader political economy of the United States? There is, and the Church saw it coming more than 100 years ago. What might a rightly-ordered society look like, and how would it avoid these evils?