Loyola University Chicago changed its
guidelines for wedding ceremonies on campus, adopting an official policy
ahead of Illinois' equal-marriage law on June 1. The new policy,
enacted last December, only allows Catholic weddings in the university's
Madonna della Strada Chapel. All other civil or religious weddings,
including same-sex unions, are banned from campus facilities.
The decision also comes after a Loyola student launched a Change.org
petition last September, urging university administrators to allow
same-sex ceremonies on campus. Christine Irvine, a Loyola junior
studying visual communication, started the petition after officials
denied her request to use university facilities for her upcoming
wedding.
Irvine said there were no problems until officials learned she
would marry a woman. To date, the petition has more than 2,900
signatures. In her first interview about Loyola's new policy, Irvine told Windy City
Times that the decision doesn't seem bad to anyone who may not know how
it came about. She believes the university made the decision to
specifically forbid same-sex ceremonies on campus. "It's really disheartening," Irvine said.
"It's a sign of the
non-acceptance and non-tolerance of the LGBT students on campus ... a
sign of disrespect of our love compared to our peers." Before Loyola enacted its official policy last December, the
university's standard practice welcomed ceremonies
"legally recognized"
in Illinois. But despite legal recognition of same-sex civil unions in
Illinois, those ceremonies were still forbidden at Loyola venues.
3 comments:
Shame on Loyola University for allowing heretic ceremonies within the sanctified walls of their church! Do they not know that ultimately same-sex marriage is a DIRECT PRODUCT of such heresy? The Piskies and other heretic sects allow it, so by allowing heretic ceremonies in a Catholic church, it was only a matter of time until this particular ceremony came out. Shame, shame and more shame on ANY cleric, bishop or any Catholic who associates with such Universities who willing or passively condone this treason to Our Lord's teachings.
Why were they even allowing non-Catholic weddings in the chapel?
Are you sure that non-Catholic ceremonies were ever permitted in the chapel. There may be new wording for the policy, but materials online more than a year ago (via web archive) show that only Catholic weddings were permitted in the chapel.
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