Vatican: Irish Gay Marriage Referendum a ‘Defeat for Humanity’

[nil desperandum]

11. The RCC

has been on the wrong side of most historically important social decisions. I am reminded of a quote from Oliver Ellsworth (at least I think it was his quote if memory serves):

"Systems of religious error have been adopted, in times of ignorance. It has been the interest of tyrannical kings, popes, and prelates, to maintain these errors. When the clouds of ignorance began to vanish, and the people grew more enlightened, there was no other way to keep them in error, but to prohibit their altering their religious opinions by severe persecuting laws. In this way persecution became general throughout Europe.”