- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco - To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
You know, if the modern leadership could get a revelation or something people wouldn't be so fascinated with the CHI. The only intrigue there for members and critics alike is that's it's the closest thing the church currently has to doctrine. You can't fault people for wanting to know what their church believes.
Rollo Tomasi wrote:5. And, of course, there is the section strictly forbidding any effort to legalize same-sex marriage.
Does it spell out a penalty for a member who campaigns on behalf of the legalization of same-sex marriage? If so, what is it?
No penalty set out, just that the Church "opposes" the legalization of same-sex marriage and "encourages" members to contact their gov't representatives to reject any such effort. However, I imagine a member who is too vocal in opposing this Church policy could qualify under this very broad definition of "apostasy": "Repeatedly act in clear, open, and deliberate public opposition to the Church or is leaders." Apostasy, of course, is grounds for excommunication.