From an article at Newsday.com:

Bishop William Murphy has publicly confronted Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi for the Democratic politician’s recent declaration that he supports gay marriage.

Suozzi, who is Catholic and attended Catholic schools, recently wrote in The New York Times that he has changed his views and now believes homosexuals should be permitted to legally marry. He previously supported civil unions between gays.

In a column published this week in the newspaper of the Rockville Centre Diocese, Murphy criticized Suozzi, saying his stances on gay marriage and abortion go against church teachings.

“There is a further consideration that, as his bishop, I have to raise to Mr. Suozzi because he publicly identifies himself as a practicing Catholic,” Murphy wrote. “By so doing, he certainly admits that he knows he is contradicting some basic moral teachings of his own faith.”

“This is not the first time he has done this,” Murphy continued. “He has already placed himself publicly in the category of ‘pro-choice’ on abortion. While homosexual orientation is a neutral reality on a moral level, homosexual acts are not morally neutral. They are wrong, and they are sinful. Abortion is wrong, and it is sinful.”

Locally, we have Catholic Assemblyman Joe Morelle who is a public proponent of abortion and gay marriage. He should be reprimanded in the same way that Suozzi was.

Bishop Clark has signed the NY Catholic Conference’s position letter against gay marriage. Censuring Morelle would make that signature far more meaningful.