The crisis of our faith, the crisis of our times

Salt Lake City: The ninth World Congress of Families, which began here on Tuesday, has turned out to be a highly emotional experience for the 3000 or so international delegates present as speech after speech scored the recent US Supreme Court decision declaring same-sex union as valid in all American states, and called it a real danger to the future of the United States.

It is not law: it does not invite obedience but civil disobedience to the law, said Cathy Ruse, senior counsel of the Family Research Council in Washington, DC. Despite all appearances to the contrary, the ruling did not change the law on marriage, said Brian Brown of the National Organization for Marriage. Marriage remains unchanged as the union of one man one woman for life, Brown said; the ruling merely introduced a “lie” into law, he pointed out.