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.
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?
The stroke of midnight this past Sunday morng hered a new era human rights for gay and lbian New Yorkers. From Niagara Falls to the southern shore of Long Island, same sex upl, many of them already mted relatnships for s, were award hundreds of legal rights they had * catholic going to gay wedding *
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. And the Church distguish between same-sex attractn (SSA) and homosexual acts (see CCC 2357-59).
WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND YOUR GAY LOVED ONE’S WEDDG
* catholic going to gay wedding *
The obv lack of bodily plementary illtrat that one need not voke God to make a pellg argument agast homosexual sex. 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. 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.
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.
SHOULD A CHRISTIAN ATTEND THE WEDDG OF A GAY UPLE?
Our posn on homosexual behavr and same-sex marriage is well known to everyone who is faiar wh our mistry. We believe that homosexual unns are nsistent wh God’s sign for human sexualy as set forth the openg pag of the Bible and the words of J Himself: “From the begng of creatn, God ma them male and female.
When Homosexualy Hs Home: What to Do When a Loved One Says They’re Gay. Love Into Light: The Gospel, the Homosexual, and the Church. The Complete Christian Gui to Unrstandg Homosexualy: A Biblil and Compassnate Rponse to Same-Sex Attractn.
Is God Anti-Gay?
MAY CATHOLICS ATTEND A “GAY WEDDG” FOR PASTORAL REASONS?
My Fay Member Is Gay. Unrstandg Homosexualy. Is a s to attend a gay weddg?
Say your gay -worker ved you to their weddg.