THE ONLY INTERESTING THING I'VE SEEN SO FAR ABOUT THE POPE'S DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE: From David Blankenhorn

DISTINCTIONS (CONT.): I can't let go of this issue of the "sanctity" of marriage. Today the New York Post has a story with the headline: "MARRIAGE IS GOD'S GIFT: POPE." The reporter says:

"John Paul said marriage, which the Vatican defines as a sacred union between man and woman, is a 'divine' gift that should be defended by society."

Actually, the Pope said no such thing. What he actually said is that marriage is a "human and divine reality" and a "human and divine gift."

That formulation, which the Post apparently feels free to abbreviate, is precisely accurate. For people of faith, marriage has an important religious dimension. At the same time, marriage for all people is -- first and foremost; notice which word the pope uses first -- a "human" reality. Unlike some of the journalists at the New York Post and the Atlanta Journal Constitution, this pope is a serious thinker, including about the subject of marriage, who uses words carefully. So the next time someone wants to say that marriage is essentially a "religious" issue, you can say: Well, for what it's worth, the pope disagrees.

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