USCCB Subcommittee Chairman calls decisions in Oregon and Pennsylvania travesties of justice

Archbishop Cordileone says marriage, democracy, children deserve better
Says state attorneys general were derelict in their duties
Reiterates that authentic marriage is the union of one man and one woman

WASHINGTON - Responding to the ruling by the federal court in Oregon striking down the state?s voter-approved marriage amendment and the ruling by the federal court in Pennsylvania striking down portions of that state?s domestic relations code, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops? Subcommittee for the Promotion and Defense of Marriage, said, ?We stand in solidarity with the Oregon and Pennsylvania Catholic Conferences and all the people of both states. These court decisions are travesties of justice.?

The federal court decisions in Oregon, May 19, and Pennsylvania, May 20, join a series of federal court decisions since last December striking down state marriage laws recognizing marriage as the union of one man and one woman.

Read the complete USCCB news release>