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Catholic Church Outsourcing Same-Sex Marriage Fight to Top Ad Agency

  • December 2, 2013
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NEW YORK — New York’s influential Cardinal Timothy Dolan said the Catholic Church is enlisting some outside help for its culture war on same-sex marriage.

In an interview with “Meet the Press” that aired Sunday, Dolan reiterated his stance on the divisive issue and claimed that the church has “been outmarketed.”

Dolan announced that the Archdiocese of New York would begin consulting with top Manhattan-based ad agency Merkin Strategies counter the growing support of same-sex marriage and “style the Church’s image and curb backlash on divisive issues like gay marriage and abortion.”

“When you have forces like Hollywood, when you have forces like politicians, when you have forces like some opinion-molders that are behind it, it’s a tough battle,” Dolan said of the Church’s same-sex marriage conflict.

Dolan said that the church would utilize “modern strategies to combat modern problems. “Our goal is to maintain our position against homosexuality and sin, but at the same time welcome all people into the church. Keep in mind, we believe in miracles, so that’s not as impossible as it sounds.”

“We’ve been caricatured as being anti-gay,” lamented Dolan. “We don’t want a caricature; the Church’s message should be like a lush oil-painting—anti-gay or not.”

Dolan told moderator David Gregory that the Church “often has difficulty promoting values that originate with God while at the same time maintaining a welcoming, Christ-like image.”

“We get backlash from those who think we are too gracious and compassionate and loving and accepting of gays, and then we get backlash from gay people who feel that we are not tolerant enough of them,” said Dolan.

The high-profile partnership with Merkin is another indicator of Catholic Church’s increasing reliance on outside firms to handle sensitive issues. In November, an office of the Vatican’s central bureaucracy hired accounting firm EY (formerly known as Ernst & Young) to audit the finances of the Vatican City State administration.

Dolan said that outside help from marketing and public relations experts would clarify the Church’s position on same-sex marriage, which has been murky ever since newly elected Pope Francis scolded Catholic leaders for being “obsessed” with issues like same-sex marriage and abortion.

“We can’t please everybody and God at the same time, but advertising doesn’t rival religion as the world’s largest industry for no reason,” said Dolan.

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  1. Gene Dale Moore says:
    October 24, 2014 at 3:03 am

    very sickening that while they will pay millions to ad agency the dispute payments to victims of their kiddie raping priest

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