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IS BEG GAY A S?
When to gays and lbians, the Gospel valu of love, mercy and passn are the buildg blocks of all church teachg. * lesbian or gay sin *
Some are unr the assumptn that, while the Bible nmns gay sex between men, nowhere nmns beg a lbian/lbianism. First Corthians 6:9 mentns effemate men, very likely referrg to homosexuals, but do not mentn lbians. So, do the Bible fact nmn male homosexualy, but not lbianism?
Is beg gay a s? Is a s to be gay? Is sful to have same-sex-attractns? * lesbian or gay sin *
Clearly, this passage puts lbianism on equal ground wh male homosexualy.
Acrdg to the Bible, beg a lbian is jt as sful as beg a homosexual male. There’s an implitn Romans 1:26 that lbianism is even worse than male homosexualy. (CNS photo/Pl Harg)Sce Buildg a Bridge, a book on misterg to lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr Catholics, was published, I have been asked—at Catholic parish, retreat centers, lleg and universi and nferenc—a few qutns that recur over and over.
The most mon are: “What n we say to gay people who believe that God hat them?
* lesbian or gay sin *
” And “What n we say to gay or lbian Catholics who feel that their own church has rejected them? ”Another mon qutn is about the church’s official teachg on homosexualy, homosexual activy and same-sex marriage.
Buildg a Bridge tentnally steered clear of issu of sexual moraly, sce I hoped to foster dialogue by focg on areas of possible monaly; and the church hierarchy and the majory of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr Catholics rema far apart on the issu. As an asi, sce the Catechism of the Catholic Church, a pendium of church teachg on var topics, do not addrs bisexual or transgenr persons but rather “homosexual persons, ” I’ll refer here to gay and lbian people to be more teachg at the most basic level is ntaed the Gospels and, even more basilly, the revelatn of the Father’s love J Christ. So the most fundamental of all church teachgs about gay and lbian people is this: God lov them.