My Gay, Catholic Weddg (And Other Tim I Regnize Myself the Bible) - New Ways Mistry

Contents:

• NEW CEREMONI FOR GAY UNNS
• CAN I ATTEND A GAY WEDDG?
• MAY CATHOLICS ATTEND A “GAY WEDDG” FOR PASTORAL REASONS?
• MY GAY, CATHOLIC WEDDG (AND OTHER TIM I REGNIZE MYSELF THE BIBLE)
• SHOULD I ATTEND THE WEDDG OF A GAY FRIEND OR FAY MEMBER?
• GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
• BLSG GAY UNNS
• FIRG OF GAY CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHER ULD TT LATT SUPREME COURT LG
• NEW CEREMONI FOR GAY UNNS

NEW CEREMONI FOR GAY UNNS

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CAN I ATTEND A GAY WEDDG?

The stroke of midnight this past Sunday morng hered a new era human rights for gay and lbian New Yorkers. Every one of them is gay or lbian, and every one of them is eply mted to their Catholic fah. Lucky for those of gathered the park on that balmy, blsed, late afternoon, the prence of God is not subject to the limed, fallible men who make church their marriage, the women shared what most human begs, gay or straight, long for: a relatnship that giv wns to the life-givg power of God's love our world.

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MAY CATHOLICS ATTEND A “GAY WEDDG” FOR PASTORAL REASONS?

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MY GAY, CATHOLIC WEDDG (AND OTHER TIM I REGNIZE MYSELF THE BIBLE)

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SHOULD I ATTEND THE WEDDG OF A GAY FRIEND OR FAY MEMBER?

One fay member, who is gay, is ntemplatg marriage to a same-sex partner.

May Catholics Attend a “Gay Weddg” for Pastoral Reasons?

GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI

Read here what the Catholic Church says about homosexuals and homosexual clatns.

God lls each of , whether homosexual or heterosexual, to chasty acrdg to our circumstanc life. One helpful and effective mistry helpg homosexual believers is Courage. To learn more about homosexualy light of the Church’s teachgs, please explore the followg rourc.

That is why, spe vastly different ntexts, I see myself today’s parable when to my gay, Catholic weddg durg COVID-19. Even those who would accept the vatn uld e vlence—not the form of physil vlence, like the Gospel, but the more sid form of Catholic-based homophobia. The rejectn that I experience as a gay Catholic is siar to the rejectn scribed today’s Gospel.

BLSG GAY UNNS

My fay and I have iends and relativ who take a “love the sner, hate the s” approach to queer love, and even though they are kd to my partner and me, I have no sire for them to brg their eply-rooted homophobia to my sacramental celebratn.

The Bible don’t tell , but I like to image that the son the parable was gay, like me, or that he experienced some other form of systemic opprsn which the sired guts were plic. When I hear about this feast, I image God stroyg the veils of homophobia, whe supremacy, misogyny, and opprsn which keep om tly rejoicg together.

FIRG OF GAY CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHER ULD TT LATT SUPREME COURT LG

To e Pl’s words om the send readg, as a gay Catholic I have experienced both “abundant” wele and the “ep need” for cln, and is a blsg when alli share my distrs and work to create the feast of liberatn that God promis for all of . Next Augt, at my gay, Catholic, COVID-safe weddg, the hall will not be filled wh guts.

Q: I received an vatn to attend the weddg of my gay , Dave, and his partner, Sean, New York State, where gay marriage has been legalized.

NEW CEREMONI FOR GAY UNNS

Dave’s branch of the fay—cludg his mom, “Aunt Sue”—all seem to fully accept the ia of gay marriage, perhaps bee they love Dave and have grown to love and accept Sean. Some rears might be thkg that Lra is probably one of those judgmental Christians who would snuff out a relatnship jt to take a stand on gay marriage. Stt is gay.

Rejectg the ia of gay marriage is not the same as rejectg those she lov. As Lra pots out, she is pable of lovg her gay fay members but rejectg gay marriage, the same way she is pable of lovg her heterosexual dghter but would reject her cisn to live wh a boyiend and wouldn’t celebrate a habg hoewarmg party or allow the unmarried uple to sleep together her home. Gay weddg readgs n be difficult to e by, though, as many spired passag may e pronouns or other genred language that don’t f for your ceremony.