I don't see where he condemned gays. He condemned gay marriages. And good on him, too. I'm opposed to them as marriages as a default position.
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I mean it sounds as if being gay is the new leprosy in the Church's eye.
Being gay is not. Gay sex, otoh, is a sin. Its not a forever-****ing sort of thing, though.
Seculars have the view that being gay is a permanent, inborn thing [not arguing that] and that if one is, the of course one will go out & have gay sex [not necessarily so. There's straights who are celibate by inclination, just as there are gays who are. But at this point we get into the "is it an act or a gender?" thing].
To the church, its a sin. All of us are sinners, and all of us have our own peculiar temptations, and thats what Confession is for - to gain forgiveness. My point is- no, it isn't easy being a gay catholic, but neither is it to be a straight catholic.
Last- all of you who're moaning- are you catholics? Why does what he says matter to you?
-Thos. Zinn
"Children, never fuss or fret
Nor let unreason'd tempers rise
Your little hands were never meant
To pluck out one anothers eyes"
-McGuffey's Reader
“We are at a crossroads. One path leads to despair and the other to total extinction. I pray I have the wisdom to choose wisely.”
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