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Contents:
- THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WILL BLS GAY PEOPLE AS LONG AS THEY DON’T GET MARRIED
- IN “MEMORI OF A GAY CATHOLIC BOYHOOD,” AN LGBTQ HISTORIAN EXAM HIS PAST
- CANADIAN PARENTS PH BACK AGAST GAY PRI FLAG CATHOLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT; POLICE LLED
- WHAT SHOULD A GAY CATHOLIC DO?
- GROWG UP GAY AND CATHOLIC: THE QUT FOR ACCEPTANCE
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WILL BLS GAY PEOPLE AS LONG AS THEY DON’T GET MARRIED
The Vatin creed Monday that the Catholic Church nnot bls same-sex unns sce God "nnot bls s," while upholdg the church's welg and blsg of gay people. * gay catholic canada *
However, to receive this gift, we mt reject s, cludg homosexual behavr—that is, acts tend to aroe or stimulate a sexual rponse regardg a person of the same sex. Homosexual sir, however, are not themselv sful.
People tempted by homosexual sir, like people tempted by improper heterosexual sir, are not sng until they act upon those sir some manner.
The rejectn of homosexual behavr that is found the Old Ttament is well known.
IN “MEMORI OF A GAY CATHOLIC BOYHOOD,” AN LGBTQ HISTORIAN EXAM HIS PAST
A cree released Monday seems to retrench tradnal teachgs after Pope Francis prevly discsed a more progrsive attu toward gay civil unns. * gay catholic canada *
Durg the night, the men of Sodom mand that Lot hand over his guts for homosexual terurse. Throughout history, Jewish and Christian scholars have regnized that one of the chief ss volved God’s stctn of Sodom was s people’s homosexual behavr.
But today, certa homosexual activists promote the ia that the s of Sodom was merely a lack of hospaly. Although hospaly is a s, is clearly the homosexual behavr of the Sodom that is sgled out for special cricism the acunt of their cy’s stctn. 16:50), which uld refer to homosexual and heterosexual acts of s.
Lot even offered his two virg dghters place of his guts, but the men of Sodom rejected the offer, preferrg homosexual sex over heterosexual sex (Gen. But the Sodom cint is not the only time the Old Ttament als wh homosexualy.
CANADIAN PARENTS PH BACK AGAST GAY PRI FLAG CATHOLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT; POLICE LLED
Memori of a Gay Catholic Boyhood offers a rg and thoughtful wdow to a time of enormo change Amerin society and the Catholic Church. * gay catholic canada *
To disunt this, some homosexual activists have argued that moral imperativ om the Old Ttament n be dismissed sce there were certa ceremonial requirements at the time—such as not eatg pork, or circumcisg male babi—that are no longer bdg.
Confirmg this fact is the New Ttament’s forceful rejectn of homosexual behavr as well.
In Romans 1, Pl attribut the homosexual sir of some to a refal to acknowledge and worship God. Elsewhere Pl aga warns that homosexual behavr is one of the ss that will prive one of heaven: “Do you not know that the wicked will not her the kgdom of God? Do not be ceived: Neher the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostut nor homosexual offenrs nor thiev nor the greedy nor dnkards nor slanrers nor swdlers will her the kgdom of God” (1 Cor.
WHAT SHOULD A GAY CATHOLIC DO?
The York Catholic District School Board met Tuday night to nsir whether the board should fly a gay pri flag at s central office June. * gay catholic canada *
All of Scripture teach the unacceptabily of homosexual behavr. The same reasong appli to the se of homosexual behavr.
Th, people have the rrpondg tun ncerng homosexualy that they do about btialy—that is wrong bee is unnatural.
GROWG UP GAY AND CATHOLIC: THE QUT FOR ACCEPTANCE
Many homosexuals argue that they have not chosen their ndn, but that they were born that way, makg homosexual behavr natural for them. Jt as one n acquire alholic sir (by repeatedly beg toxited) whout nscly choosg them, so one may acquire homosexual sir (by engagg homosexual fantasi or behavr) whout nscly choosg them. Even if there is a geic predisposn toward homosexualy (and studi on this pot are nclive), the behavr remas unnatural bee homosexualy is still not part of the natural sign of humany.
Homosexual activists often jtify homosexualy by claimg that ten percent of the populatn is homosexual, meang that is a mon and th acceptable behavr.
But not all mon behavrs are acceptable, and even if ten percent of the populatn were born homosexual, this would prove nothg. If those sir manift themselv a homosexual fashn ten percent of the populatn, all that do is give rmatn about the mographics of origal s.