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
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. 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. 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.
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 *
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. 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.
SHOULD A CHRISTIAN ATTEND THE WEDDG OF A GAY UPLE?
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? My Fay Member Is Gay.
MAY CATHOLICS ATTEND A “GAY WEDDG” FOR PASTORAL REASONS?
Unrstandg Homosexualy. Is a s to attend a gay weddg? Say your gay -worker ved you to their weddg.
Wh that clarifyg ment, we n addrs the qutn head-on: Why would a Christian feel nscience bound not to attend or participate a gay weddg? Which is why—as much as I might want to build bridg wh a lbian iend or reassure a gay fay member that I re for him and want to have a relatnship wh him—I would not attend a same-sex weddg ceremony. If a gay uple next door v you over for dner, don't turn them down.
And, as paful as may be for and for those we love, celebratg and supportg homosexual unns is not somethg God or His Word will allow to do.