CCG News

“Senators Throw Rights of Children
Under Bus”
DOMA Repeal Passes US Senate Judiciary
CCG Issues Press Statement
SAN FRANCISCO, November, 10, 2011 -- Today, the US Senate Judiciary Committee passed Senator Diane Feinstein's bill to repeal DOMA on a straight party-line vote. Catholics for the Common Good issued the following statement to the media:

CCG to Senate Judiciary Committee:
Don’t Oppose Only Institution Uniting Children with Parents
SAN FRANCISCO, November 7, 2011 -- In a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee, CCG President, William B. May cautioned the Senators that voting to repeal DOMA is “a statement that the government has no interest in the only institution that promotes that children be raised by their mothers and fathers.”

Hear Bill May on
"From the Front Lines of the Culture War"
with Charles LiMandri
Reshaping the dialogue about marriage and family to reflect their indisputable human reality.

Shameful Indifference by U.S. to
Persecution of Middle East Christians
BOSTON, MA, Octoberr 11, 2011--The following statement was released by Catholics for the Common Good Adviser, Ambassador Raymond L. Flynn about the lack of response by the U.S. government to the "horrific mistreatment of Christians in the Middle East."

CCG County Leader’s Push for Sacred Vows
SAN FRANCISCO, August 10, 2011 -- St. Thomas More Parish in San Francisco is hosting a wedding for as many as 20 couples — one parish’s response to a decline of almost 50 percent in weddings among Catholics in the past two decades.

Administration DOMA Decision
Puts Children Second, Special Interests First
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, February 23, 2011 – On Wednesday, February 23, the Obama Administration announced that it would no longer defend Federal Law Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) because they contend it discriminates against gays and lesbians. Here is Catholics for the Common Good’s response:

CCG Episcopal Adviser to Head
USCCB Defense of Marriage Committee
WASHINGTON, January 5, 2011 — Archbishop Timothy Dolan, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), has appointed Bishop Salvatore Cordileone of Oakland, California as chairman of the USCCB Ad Hoc Committee for the Defense of Marriage. Bishop Cordileone succeeds Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, who was elected vice president of the USCCB in November 2010.

CCG Congratulates Archbishop Timothy Dolan, New USCCB President
Archbishop Kurtz Elected Vice President
BALTIMORE November 16, 2010 — On behalf of Catholics for the Common Good and its volunteer leaders, Chairman William B. May extends prayers and best wishes to Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York on his election as the new president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). At their Fall General Assembly, the bishops also elected other officers and six committee chairs to three year terms.

William B. May and Raymond L. Flynn Comment on Proposition 8 Trial Decision
SAN FRANCISCO, August 4, 2010 – Chairman William B. May, Chairman, Catholics for the Common Good commented on Judge Walker’s decision to overturn the will of more than 7 million California voters who passed Prop 8 in 2008:

Annual Report:
In "Our Family’s" Year-End Letter,
Volunteers and Donors are the Stars

Celebrate Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe December 12
Star of the New Evangelization
Patroness Special to CCG and Marriage Advocates
On the Jubilee Year 2000, Pope John Paul II gave the Americas a new patroness for the evangelization of culture, Our Lady of Guadalupe, whom he identified as the "Star of the New Evangelization". During Proposition 8, we placed the volunteers and the entire campaign to restore marriage under her protection. Since then, we have come to recognize that she is playing a critical role in the life of this apostolate. She is not only our mother and intercessor, but our model and guide.

Catholics for Protect Marriage Announced
SACRAMENTO, August 12, 2008 -- The Yes on Proposition 8, ProtectMarriage.com campaign - also known as the California Marriage Protection Act - announced today that Catholics for ProtectMarriage.com, led by the Knights of Columbus, California Catholic Conference and Catholics for the Common Good, has been established as the official Catholic grassroots effort dedicated to passing Proposition 8. All lay Catholic organizations and individuals are invited to join.

Archbishop George Niederauer Becomes CCG Advisor
SAN FRANCISCO, April 25, 2008 -- Catholics for the Common Good is pleased to announce that His Excellency Archbishop George H. Niederauer of San Francisco has become an Episcopal Advisor to the movement. "Archbishop Niederauer has always been encouraging of this lay Catholic movement," said Bill May, chairman of Catholics for the Common Good. "He has always been there to support our activities and offer valuable council. We are honored that our Archbishop has become an official advisor."

CCG Chair Comments on California Same-Sex "Marriage" Ad Campaign
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10, 2007 -- Equality California, a homosexual political advocacy organization, has just started an advertising campaign in major California media markets as part of an overall campaign to force the legalization of same-sex marriage in the state.