Could Catholic schools please stop firg gay teachers now?
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MY CATHOLIC KID IS GAY! NOW WHAT??
* catholic gay youth *
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I'd like to share what I thk is an thentilly lovg rponse to what strik fear to the hearts of most fahful Catholic parents: your son or dghter g out as a gay man or lbian. From that perspective, I'd like to share what I thk is an thentilly lovg rponse to what strik fear to the hearts of most fahful Catholic parents: your son or dghter g out as a gay man or lbian.
A GAY CATHOLIC TEEN
That I will love him even if he emerg as an on-fire, flamg homosexual drag queen, even if I'm prayg for that NOT to happen! This msage — that he is more than "gay" — is somethg he won't be hearg the gay subculture.
There is no greater weapon the battle for chasty — for gay or straight people — than the Eucharist and Confsn. But what if my son cid to live openly as a gay man and had a partner? How should we treat our children's gay and lbian partners?
I'm very disturbed that parents wouldn't dream of shunng one part of a straight uple that's livg s thk shunng their child's gay partner is acceptable. If my son asked me to participate events that would legimize his relatnship wh his partner, such as a gay weddg ceremony or gay pri para, the answer would be a gentle but firm, "NO.