Ignatius Press CEO: "I am ashamed when we Catholics are embarrassed by Catholic teaching."

Mark Brumley, CEO of Ignatius Press, has written a piece, "Aren't You Ashamed?", for National Catholic Register. From the opening:

“Aren’t you ashamed of your Church? How can you be so bigoted to oppose marriage equality? Why do you persecute gay people?” 

That’s how one supporter of redefining marriage put it to me.  Another
said about the same thing, only she claimed to be a Catholic. My
response:  I am not ashamed of the Catholic Church.  If I am ashamed of
Catholics, it is for my failure and others’ failure to live the whole
gospel, truth and love.  And I am ashamed when we Catholics are
embarrassed by Catholic teaching.

Why is it bigoted to believe, as Jesus did, that marriage is a union of
a man and a woman for life? If that’s bigotry, then I am a bigot for
Jesus’ sake, I guess. People like to recall the story of the woman
caught in adultery and rightly so. We should not be quick to judged. We
should ultimately seek reconciliation. Why does that mean, though, we
should support so-called same-sex marriage?

Yes, it can be awkward when family members differ with us.  We have to
find ways of remaining faithful to Jesus and loving to our family. That
doesn’t allow us to compromise on the truth: “Whoever loves father or
mother more than me is not worthy of me. Whoever loves son or daughter
more than me is not worthy of me” (Mt 10:37).

The fact is, following Jesus can be very “divisive”.

“Whoever divorces his wife and marries another, commits adultery.”  Very divisive, Lord.

“You brood of vipers ...”. Very divisive.

“Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood ...” Divisive, again.

“Whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of ...”

Well, you get the point.

Read the entire post on the Register's site.