Rpondg to a March 15 Vatin cree banng prits om blsg gay unns on the premise that God "nnot bls s," LGBTQ Catholic upl and advot talked to NCR about their realy.
Contents:
- GAY CATHOLIC PRIT ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
- HOW A MARRIED GAY CATHOLIC UPLE LIV THEIR FAH
- WHAT ABOUT ‘GAY’ PRITS?
- OPENLY GAY CATHOLIC PRIT DISCS POPE FRANCIS' APPEAL FOR LGBTQ PROTECTNS
GAY CATHOLIC PRIT ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
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HOW A MARRIED GAY CATHOLIC UPLE LIV THEIR FAH
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" The Vatin's msage ced Francis' own words om 2016, when he wrote, "there are absolutely no grounds for nsirg homosexual unns to be any way siar or even remotely analogo to God's plan for marriage and fay.
Pope Francis has been viewed wh ut optimism by LGBTQ groups bee of remarks like his statement, wily published 2020, that homosexuals are "part of the fay" and that same-sex and other nontradnal upl need a "civil unn law. Is that the se bee she is homosexual? 2357-2359) dit that homosexual acts are trsilly disorred.
At the same time, the ndn of homosexualy (beg gay or lbian), whose origs the Catechism adms as “largely unexplaed, ” nnot therefore be the rult of a choice that would imply s. The Catechism clearly stat that men and women who have “ep-seated homosexual tennci” are lled to fulfill God’s will their liv, and by prayer and sacramental grace, they n and should gradually and rolutely approach Christian perfectn (see Nos.
WHAT ABOUT ‘GAY’ PRITS?
Even those who strongly endorse the possibily of two people of the same sex gettg married ntue to distguish “gay marriage” om “tradnal marriage.
I began to explore this qutn a book several years ago before the wispread legalizatn of same-sex marriage (Catholic Teachg on Homosexualy: New Paths to Unrstandg, 2012; see pecially pag 79-85) people of the same sex may want to form a pact or venant and share important elements of a stable life together, such as pannship and mutual support and even spirual acpaniment.
In our culture and our legal system, the path of “gay marriage” is generally and practilly the only way to achieve those goals for a same-sex uple. Furthermore, people gay marriag need to fulfill those requirements that obligate all Catholics for a worthy receptn of the Eucharist. For McNeil and Canavan, both eply fahful men who had met at a retreat for gay and lbian Catholics, beg married a Catholic re was val.
OPENLY GAY CATHOLIC PRIT DISCS POPE FRANCIS' APPEAL FOR LGBTQ PROTECTNS
Rpondg to a March 15 Vatin cree banng prits om blsg gay unns on the premise that God "nnot bls s, " McNeil, Canavan and other LGBTQ Catholic upl and advot told NCR the Vatin is out of touch wh the realy that LGBTQ Catholics fd and mirror God's love their relatnships. Jim McDermott, who is gay, said 's not unmon for prits to be asked to bls the weddgs of LGBTQ upl. "The people that I know that are queer and married are credibly spirg people who have helped me on my journey as a prit and as a gay man.
Pascuas said he wasn't surprised about the Vatin's announcement on blsgs for gay unns. "If gay marriage is impossible, how do we unrstand the example of queer upl who are livg good liv?
Gay Catholic upl want to be holy jt like everyone else, Botero said, but so many have left the church bee they feel rejected. Olr gay Catholics who have persevered the fah for s spe discrimatn and rejectn tend to exprs feelg exhsted and disheartened that this statement is "more of the same, " she said.