Bishop Gumbleton (United States).Michigan--On February 6, Detroit Auxiliary Bishop
Born in Detroit in 1930, Gumbleton has been a Roman Catholic throughout his entire life. , speaking in Ferndale, Michigan Ferndale is a city in Oakland County of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is forms part of the Detroit metropolitan area. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 22,105. Ferndale is primarily residential, with a small industrial sector featured in the southeast quadrant. , at a rally against discrimination, publicly declared his support for a proposed city ordinance A law, statute, or regulation enacted by a Municipal Corporation. An ordinance is a law passed by a municipal government. A municipality, such as a city, town, village, or borough, is a political subdivision of a state within which a municipal corporation has been making it illegal to "discriminate" against homosexuals. Violators, including churches that refuse to hire homosexuals for positions in charities, schools, daycare centres, or even churches themselves, would face a $500 fine and a civil lawsuit. "This will send a message that we do not tolerate any discrimination in this community," the bishop said (Cath World News, Wanderer, Feb 17, '00). Catholic Insight has reported on the pro-homosexual activities of this bishop in earlier issues (e.g., May 97, pp. 1415; Nov 97, p.18). |
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