Hong Kong, Church slams pro-adultery website: It kills society
Hong Kong
(AsiaNews) - The family "is the basis of society. And not only religions
state this, not only the Church, but social scientists too. So I do not
understand why anyone would launch a site that offers
extra-marital encounters. If the purpose is to make money, you can do in other
ways. Without trying to moralize, we just want to understand what is behind
this and prevent a mess". The speaker
is Fr. Lawrence
Lee, chancellor of the Diocese of Hong Kong, commenting to AsiaNews on the
launch of a new website in the Chinese market.
The
site under scrutiny is the "Ashley Madison" website already active in
more than 30 Western nations. After
paying registration, it puts married people who are interested in cheating on
their spouse in touch with each other. The
Asian launch already took place in Japan, where it has a million members. Now
the founder, Noel Biderman, is aiming at the Chinese market and has chosen Hong
Kong to start up.
Fr. Lee
is very clear: "This is not only a religious issue, we do not want to
lecture. But last year we registered over 20 thousand divorces. Certainly the
causes are many: very stressful jobs, the lack of communication between
partners ,
family violence. But at the top is betrayal and infidelity. We want to remind
everyone that the marriage and family life are essential to build and maintain
a stable society, in Hong Kong we need positive examples in this area, certainly not incentives to
cheat. "
The
priest also criticized the 'reasons' put forward by the founder of the site,
who said he wanted to "put in touch only those who are already predisposed
to adultery." According to Fr. Lee
"this is nonsense. Many people unfortunately do drugs: According to this
principle, should we make drugs more accessible and easier to buy? I think not.
Instead our young people should be helped and nurtured in their emotional
education and understanding of the importance of marriage. "
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24/03/2023 13:21
