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this may actually be about as good as we get it from the church, There is however a little more room for push. After reading the whole thing i'll summarize for those not wanting to xD. They are not condemning homosexuality but are saying if you are homosexual that you should not have sex unless it is to make babies..... I mean that is similar to their views on birth control and all that. Sex not used for procreation is a sin and marriage is between a man and a women NOW because your supposed to save sex for marriage to make children.... Since people in homosexual relationships cannot do this they do not think they should get married. On the upside they condemned parents who kick out kids for being homosexual and said it should be fully accepted as long as they are not sexually active. This view will help with acceptance in the religious community. It does open up a road for more acceptance as people in same sex relationships that are religious do have sex without the goal of procreation so there is some room to fight there. Also They forgot about people who cannot make babies in same sex relationships and where they fit in.... There is a little more room for push but i would look at this as a massive victory on the front of religion.
Love and accept your homosexual child is the message. Then it says to avoid thinking of stereotypes and encourage celibacy as the sexual act itself is the sin... Well i guess i'm not joining back with the church yet haha

 

Good Post Seadog

 

That is a very good post. It'd be nice if the Knights of Columbus would follow in line with the bishops though.

One very important quote in there is this:

"Generally, homosexual orientation is experienced as a given, not as something freely chosen. By itself, therefore, a homosexual orientation cannot be considered sinful, for morality presumes the freedom to choose."
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I think every gay kid in a catholic family or school needs to know this, and share this when dealing with their parents. It's a good start.

 

Mmhm, its what I was taught in High School also, and I always correct those who think Catholics think otherwise.

 

Sorry I am going to be debbie downer...

That's different they aren't all fire and brimestown, but I think their type of homophobia is much more sneaky and deadly.

"First, encourage him or her to cooperate with God's grace to live a chaste life. Second, concentrate on the person, not on the homosexual orientation itself."

But they still don't want you to "act" gay. It's the passive aggressive attitude of "hate the sin, not the sinner." I think it is very carefully veiled hate and homophobia covered up in the name of "love." Yeah, they love you, they just want you to wear a chastity belt your whole life. And I wonder how this effects gay teens whose parents are upset they are gay and want them to be chaste, and feel repentent about their sexuality. Like, how is feeling guilty about your sexuality your whole life going to effect your self esteem; likely your self esteem is ALREADY very low if you're gay and come from a religious family who doesn't accept homosexuality.

holy run on sentence batman.

On a related note, catholic americans are infamous for mostly being progay marriage even though the catholic institution is anti-gay.

 

The end of your post is basically the main topic of what I'm about to write, all above that is basically "in writing" but what happens in real life is what you wrote at the bottom. If that makes sense at all.

 

^ Yeah! lol. Plus, 70% of catholics use some form of birth control (according a huge national survey). Soooooooooo, the institution is just a wee bit behind. . It used to be just BEING gay was wrong, now it's the gay romance/sex thats wrong...hopefully they come around eventually. Baby steps, in slow motion I guess.