Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York, said that the Catholic Church must do a better job of welcoming the LGBT community while continuing to oppose same-sex marriage.
“Well, the first thing I’d say to them is, ‘I love you, too. And God loves you. And you are made in God’s image and likeness. And – and we – we want your happiness,” Dolan said during an interview that aired Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that aired Sunday. “But – and you’re entitled to friendship.’ But we also know that God has told us that the way to happiness, that – especially when it comes to sexual love – that is intended only for a man and woman in marriage, where children can come about naturally.”
“We got to be – we got to do better to see that our defense of marriage is not reduced to an attack on gay people,” Dolan continued. “And I admit, we haven’t been too good at that. We try our darndest to make sure we’re not an anti-anybody.”
Dolan said he wasn’t sure how the church could accomplish this.
“I don’t know. We’re still trying. We’re trying our best to do it,” he said.
