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Contents:

• “ASK A PRIT: COULD MY GAY SISTER BE A GODMOTHER?”
• GAY GODFATHERS LE
• INFORMATN FOR GAY & LBIAN CATHOLICS
• GAY GODPARENT?
• NOT SURE ON THE CHURCHS VIEW OF A GAY GODPARENT?

“ASK A PRIT: COULD MY GAY SISTER BE A GODMOTHER?”

I noticed you mentned about a gay iend beg able to be a Godparent and the answer is:"If your iend is livg fiance of Church teachg on sexualy, then he is not permted to be a godparent. So maybe there's somethg about the fact that I'm gay that mak me pecially appealg to parents lookg for, at the very least, a ee babyster. "Now the puzzle of this gay godfather thg is slottg to place.

All of thirtysomethg gay men and women, I image, are a great choice of add-on for any expandg nuclear I emailed the mother of one of my godchildren about this story, askg if her ltle treasure would be available to be photographed, I received the followg rponse: "Dave, you've really got three other godchildren? " Which adds yet another layer to the many benefs of a gay godparent.

GAY GODFATHERS LE

I loved the moral guardian moniker, as ptured somethg my experience of growg up gay. Beg a gay godfather isn't one-way emotnal traffic om me to them, for the benefs to me are as signifint as any life skills I may impart. Informatn for Gay & Lbian Catholics | Waterloo Catholic Fah Formatn | Waterloo, IA.

Gay or Lbian. Anyone have, knows of someone, etc wh a gay Godparent?

I would like my uncle to be my baby's Godfather, he's gay.

INFORMATN FOR GAY & LBIAN CATHOLICS

He's jt an all around solid person, but he's gay and my DH said that the church may not allow or agree wh a gay Godparent. I thought of our very good iend who happens to be gay, and now im worried that the vir may ment on this. I hear lots of stori about the church and homophobia.

Obvly, the Christian fah disagre wh homosexualy (and disagreeg wh someone's choice to be gay isn't 'homophobic'); but, s up to you who you chose to be a godparent regardls. Another way of lookg at on the other si of the spectm is the gay lobby havg a dislike of Christiany.

Some homosexuals are not agast Christiany at all, even though the church do'nt agree wh thier life directn. Not sure about people beg born gay though. Anonymo14/06/2011 at 7:15 pmHere is a b of , It stat that the church isn't agast Gays but the actual sexual act human beg is lled to receive a gift of dive sonship, to bee a child of God by grace.

GAY GODPARENT?

However, to receive this gift, we mt reject s, cludg homosexual behavr—that is, acts tend to aroe or stimulate a sexual rponse regardg a person of the same sex. Homosexual sir, however, are not themselv sful. People tempted by homosexual sir, like people tempted by improper heterosexual sir, are not sng until they act upon those sir some manner.

NOT SURE ON THE CHURCHS VIEW OF A GAY GODPARENT?

Anonymo14/06/2011 at 8:49 pmThe vir wont know h gay unls he wears a slogan tshirt!! Anonymo14/06/2011 at 8:55 pmBoth my boys have the same godfather and he's gay. Godparents do have to be baptised but not nfirmed, but thats the only creria for a godparentSiar threadsAnonymo20/06/2011 at 12:23 pmHi Fna, here's a thought for the vir and most of the muny my church felt that gay people aren't wele or suable as godparents or generally 'damned' any way, then I wouldn't feel fortable about havg my child baptised that church, by that vir.

I have found that My dghters god father who is gay is great as the want to spend time wh her and tak alot of tert her well beg at school etc, which straight god parents my not be able to do so much.