Weddg Ceremoni for Gay Coupl - Belief

Contents:

• NEW CEREMONI FOR GAY UNNS
• CAN I ATTEND A GAY WEDDG?
• MAY CATHOLICS ATTEND A “GAY WEDDG” FOR PASTORAL REASONS?
• MY GAY, CATHOLIC WEDDG (AND OTHER TIM I REGNIZE MYSELF THE BIBLE)
• LET’S VE GAY AND LBIAN CATHOLICS TO A CHURCH WEDDG
• HOW A MARRIED GAY CATHOLIC UPLE LIVE THEIR FAH
• MARIAGE GAY à L’éGLISE : LE POT EN 2022
• BLSG GAY UNNS

NEW CEREMONI FOR GAY UNNS

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.

Below, we've llected ceremoni, some officially sanctned, some wrten by the uple, that have been ed to bls gay unns different fahs. "AnglinA plete Re of Covenant for gays and lbians, by the Anglin Dce of New Wtmster, Canada, cludg solemn promis of life-long love and fily om the uple and support om the muny.

"CatholicDignyUSA, the largt natnal lay movement of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (GLBT) Catholics, provis rmatn on Holy Unn ceremoni of mment for same-sex Catholic upl and bls unns through lol chapters. "For more on Epispalian gay outreach, vis; or Oasis, California Dce's mistry to gay, lbian, bisexual, or transgenred people. InterfahRabbi Miriam Jerris, who practic Secular Humanist Judaism, scrib a ceremony she performed for an terfah Jewish-Christian gay uple.

CAN I ATTEND A GAY WEDDG?

Liberal ChristianCathedral of Hope, a well-known gay megachurch Dallas, offers two sample servic: one wh creative touch (cludg the Apache blsg and a Uny ndle); the send more tradnal. Unarian UniversalistIn 1984, the Unarians beme the first nomatn to affirm gay and lbian unns, and to create relig servic blsg them.

This ceremony is one of ne sample servic available om the Unarian Universalist Associatn Office of Bisexual, Gay, Lbian, and Transgenr and Ruth's "rabow handfastg" vok the God and Godss and the lors of the chakras to bls the and Denise exchange self-wrten vows " the name of the Light that ris all. " It lled on Catholics "to wele wh rpect and sensivy persons wh homosexual clatns. " The Vatin also said that s refal to give relig approval to same-sex marriage do not preclu givg blsgs to homosexual people.

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.

MAY CATHOLICS ATTEND A “GAY WEDDG” FOR PASTORAL REASONS?

Pope Francis has been viewed wh ut optimism by LGBTQ groups bee of remarks like his statement, wily published 2020, that homosexuals are "part of the fay" and that same-sex and other nontradnal upl need a "civil unn law. 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. May Catholics Attend a “Gay Weddg” for Pastoral Reasons?

"LGBTQ enforcer and homosexual Democrat ngrsman David Cicille is sponsor of the Equaly Act. Read here what the Catholic Church says about homosexuals and homosexual clatns. God lls each of , whether homosexual or heterosexual, to chasty acrdg to our circumstanc life.

MY GAY, CATHOLIC WEDDG (AND OTHER TIM I REGNIZE MYSELF THE BIBLE)

One helpful and effective mistry helpg homosexual believers is Courage. To learn more about homosexualy light of the Church’s teachgs, please explore the followg rourc.

That is why, spe vastly different ntexts, I see myself today’s parable when to my gay, Catholic weddg durg COVID-19. Even those who would accept the vatn uld e vlence—not the form of physil vlence, like the Gospel, but the more sid form of Catholic-based homophobia.

The rejectn that I experience as a gay Catholic is siar to the rejectn scribed today’s Gospel.

LET’S VE GAY AND LBIAN CATHOLICS TO A CHURCH WEDDG

My fay and I have iends and relativ who take a “love the sner, hate the s” approach to queer love, and even though they are kd to my partner and me, I have no sire for them to brg their eply-rooted homophobia to my sacramental celebratn.

The Bible don’t tell , but I like to image that the son the parable was gay, like me, or that he experienced some other form of systemic opprsn which the sired guts were plic.

When I hear about this feast, I image God stroyg the veils of homophobia, whe supremacy, misogyny, and opprsn which keep om tly rejoicg together.

HOW A MARRIED GAY CATHOLIC UPLE LIVE THEIR FAH

To e Pl’s words om the send readg, as a gay Catholic I have experienced both “abundant” wele and the “ep need” for cln, and is a blsg when alli share my distrs and work to create the feast of liberatn that God promis for all of .

Next Augt, at my gay, Catholic, COVID-safe weddg, the hall will not be filled wh guts. For more rmatn on the Church’s pastoral re to persons wh same-sex attractn, ( see USCCB, Mistry to Persons wh a Homosexual Inclatn (2006) to top.

(2000) | EspañolCDF 1992 – Congregatn for the Doctre of the Fah, Some Consiratns Concerng the Rponse to Legislative Proposals on the Non-Discrimatn of Homosexual Persons (1992) | Español CIC - Co of Canon Law (1983) | EspañolCL - Pope John Pl II, Apostolic Exhortatn Christifil Laici (1988) | EspañolCV – Pope Benedict XVI, Encyclil Caras Verate (2009) | EspañolCSDC – Pontifil Council for Jtice and Peace, Compendium of the Social Doctre of the Church (2004) | EspañolDH – Send Vatin Council, Declaratn Dignatis Humanae (1965) | EspañolFC – Pope John Pl II, Apostolic Exhortatn Faiaris Consort (1982) | Español GS – Send Vatin Council, Pastoral Constutn Gdium et Sp (1965) | Español LF – Pope John Pl II, Letter to Fai (1994) | EspañolLL – USCCB, Pastoral Letter Marriage: Love and Life the Dive Plan (2009) | EspañolPP – Pope Pl VI, Encyclil Populom Progrs (1967) | EspañolRN – Pope Leo XIII, Encyclil Rem Novam (1891) | EspañolTOB – Pope John Pl II, Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body, trans.

MARIAGE GAY à L’éGLISE : LE POT EN 2022

The time has e for the Catholic Church to ve gay and lbian Catholics to the celebratn of Matrimony. Such an vatn would have a posive impact on the liv of many gay and lbian Catholics and would be equally beneficial for the life and health of the stutnal church. Accs to Matrimony would be a great boost to the self-teem of gay and lbian Catholic upl.

It may be more acceptable to be gay today than was a generatn ago, but many lbian and gay adults still rry nsirable ternalized shame om msag received while growg up. Most gay and lbian adults have grown up wh such toxic shame. Abe of alhol or dgs, promiscuo and rels sex, and transory and sometim abive relatnships wh segments of the gay muny n be traced to low self-teem.

Wh same-sex Matrimony, the church uld help gay and lbian Catholics nstct healthy, lovg, nurturg, and lastg relatnships. By openg Matrimony to gay and lbian upl, the church will ga greater accs to their liv and will be a better posn to teach and support the valu the church upholds for all human relatnships: passn, jtice, honty, and generosy.

BLSG GAY UNNS

The noble valu are not absent om the gay muny-wns s passnate rponse to AIDS that set new standards.

But at the same time, gay culture is que vulnerable to the fluence of a materialistic nsumerism that enurag an obssn wh sexual attractn, youth, and fashn. The gay muny would benef om hearg more of this msage.