Liberal rdal lls for revised Catholic teachg on gays | Rters

Contents:

• THE POPE’S ‘SHOCKG’ STATEMENT ON GAY MARRIAGE IS G AN UPROAR AMONG CATHOLICS
• COURT SIS WH CATHOLIC SCHOOL THAT LET EMPLOYEE GO OVER HER GAY MARRIAGE
• IT SHOULDN’T SEEM SO SURPRISG WHEN THE POPE SAYS BEG GAY ‘ISN’T A CRIME’ – A CATHOLIC THEOLOGIAN EXPLAS
• I'M GAY, BUT I'M NOT SWCHG TO A CHURCH THAT SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE
• LIBERAL RDAL LLS FOR REVISED CATHOLIC TEACHG ON GAYS
• THE CASE AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE
• CATHOLICS ON GAY MARRIAGE

THE POPE’S ‘SHOCKG’ STATEMENT ON GAY MARRIAGE IS G AN UPROAR AMONG CATHOLICS

Pope Francis ma news recently by voicg his support for same-sex civil unns – legal arrangements that give gay and lbian upl many of the same rights as married oppose-sex upl. The statement stck many observers as a shift for the Vatin – which 2003 me out agast any “legal regnn of homosexual unns” – even as Francis did not change his long-standg opposn to gay marriage.

Around the world, Catholics vary their support for same-sex marriage and their acceptance of homosexualy general, acrdg to Pew Rearch Center surveys nducted recent years.

In the Uned Stat, about six--ten Catholics (61%) said a 2019 survey that they favor allowg gays and lbians to marry.

COURT SIS WH CATHOLIC SCHOOL THAT LET EMPLOYEE GO OVER HER GAY MARRIAGE

In the wake of Pope Francis’ recent ment about same-sex civil unns, Pew Rearch Center nducted this analysis to better unrstand what Catholics around the world thk about legal regnn for same-sex upl and homosexualy general. Rpons about whether society should be acceptg of homosexualy me om a global survey nducted om May 13 to Aug. The term “homosexualy, ” while sometim nsired anachronistic the current era, is the most applible and easily translatable term to e when askg this qutn across societi and languag and has been ed other cross-natnal studi, cludg the World Valu Survey.

IT SHOULDN’T SEEM SO SURPRISG WHEN THE POPE SAYS BEG GAY ‘ISN’T A CRIME’ – A CATHOLIC THEOLOGIAN EXPLAS

In Swzerland and Italy – which allow civil unns but not marriage for gay upl – 76% and 57% of Catholics, rpectively, said 2017 that they support gay marriage. When to Catholics’ views about homosexualy general, a global survey nducted 2019 also pats a mixed picture. In the Ameris, majori of Catholics several untri said society should be acceptg of homosexualy.

Other untri around the world where most Catholics said society should be acceptg of homosexualy clud Spa (91%), Atralia (81%), the Philipp (80%) and South Ai (62%). In Eastern Europe, acceptance was weaker, wh roughly half or fewer of Catholics sayg that homosexualy should be accepted by society Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and Lhuania.

In some of the other surveyed untri, cludg Ai and the Middle East, large majori of Catholics said homosexualy should not be accepted by society. The global survey found that Catholics wh many untri generally are as acceptg as their non-Catholic patrts of homosexualy.

I'M GAY, BUT I'M NOT SWCHG TO A CHURCH THAT SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE

In Argenta, Brazil, Germany, Mexi and the Philipp, Catholics are somewhat more likely than non-Catholics to say that homosexualy should be accepted by society.

LIBERAL RDAL LLS FOR REVISED CATHOLIC TEACHG ON GAYS

And Poland, Catholics are ls likely than non-Catholics to say homosexualy should be accepted by society. The Catholic Church teach that “homosexual acts are trsilly disorred” and lls on gay people to practice “chasty, ” though also lls on Catholics to treat gay men and women wh “rpect, passn and sensivy. " It lled on Catholics "to wele wh rpect and sensivy persons wh homosexual clatns.

THE CASE AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE

" The Vatin also said that s refal to give relig approval to same-sex marriage do not preclu givg blsgs to homosexual people.

CATHOLICS ON GAY MARRIAGE

The Vatin's msage ced Francis' own words om 2016, when he wrote, "there are absolutely no grounds for nsirg homosexual unns to be any way siar or even remotely analogo to God's plan for marriage and fay.