Charles Chaput will be the new Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia starting Sept. 8th, but he has already ruffled a few feathers in his future home.

We told you before about some of his opinions on gay rights activists and John Kerry before, but in an interview with CBS 3′s Pat Ciarrocci, last week, Chaput wanted to stress that he’s all about the children. According to the Philadelphia Gay News, Chaput told Ciarrocci, “Marriage is a natural relationship between a man and a woman for the sake of children. And so same-sex marriage doesn’t make any sense, if you understand that’s what marriage is. It’s about children. It’s not about love, it’s not just about sex — though sex is always about love and about children.” It’s not about love? Man, we had it wrong all along.

He continued, saying “We become healthy human beings with a father who loves our mother and a mother who loves our father, in a faithful kind of way.” But according to PGN, “His concern for the well-being of children seems contrary to some of the positions he took in his diocese. While he investigated allegations of sex-abuse scandals, he also opposed payouts to victims and lobbied against increasing the statute of limitations to bring charges against alleged abusers. Chaput also barred the children of a lesbian couple from attending a parish school.” Oh man, this guy. We don’t even know what to say. He’s not even here yet and he’s already making a name for himself. We won’t say if its a good name or a bad name, but you can probably guess.

This entry was posted on Thursday, September 1st, 2011 at 2:45 pm.