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Contents:
- CAN I ATTEND A GAY WEDDG?
- WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND YOUR GAY LOVED ONE’S WEDDG
- SHOULD A CHRISTIAN ATTEND THE WEDDG OF A GAY UPLE?
- MAY CATHOLICS ATTEND A “GAY WEDDG” FOR PASTORAL REASONS?
CAN I ATTEND A GAY WEDDG?
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One fay member, who is gay, is ntemplatg marriage to a same-sex partner. Scripture and the Church’s magisterium otherwise teach that homosexual sex—whether between two men or two women—is an trsic moral evil, let alone attemptg to publicly sanctn such a relatnship.
WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND YOUR GAY LOVED ONE’S WEDDG
One of the most mon qutns I’m asked as the Director of Pastoral Care here at The Mar Foundatn is about gog to gay weddgs. “Am I allowed to go?” “Will the uple assume that I approve of their unn or same-sex marriage general?” “Will my church iends?” My answers to the qutns are–rpectively–y, no, and possibly. But my advice is always the same: Go. * catholic going to gay wedding *
And the Church distguish between same-sex attractn (SSA) and homosexual acts (see CCC 2357-59). The obv lack of bodily plementary illtrat that one need not voke God to make a pellg argument agast homosexual sex.
SHOULD A CHRISTIAN ATTEND THE WEDDG OF A GAY UPLE?
If someone v you to a gay weddg or to a weddg of a different relign — pecially if that someone is a iend or relative of yours — don’t hate to go.
MAY CATHOLICS ATTEND A “GAY WEDDG” FOR PASTORAL REASONS?
And if you are ncerned about sndal, remember this: There’s a difference between a Catholic prit pridg at a gay weddg and you attendg one. "LGBTQ enforcer and homosexual Democrat ngrsman David Cicille is sponsor of the Equaly Act. The stroke of midnight this past Sunday morng hered a new era human rights for gay and lbian New Yorkers.