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In the Roman Catholic Church for example, gay people are welcomed into the Church and encouraged to take part in the Sacrament of Penance (for forgiving sins), as long as they are celibate. Some people find this highly offensive and do not go to church in the first place.
My advice would be to go to a Church that is gay-friendly and accepts your sexual orientation. There is no point wasting your time in a Church that does not accept you for who you are and keeps forcing you to change yourself.
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∙ 10y agoThe Catholic Church is not against people with homosexual inclinations because they are children of God. But the Catholic Church is against homosexual acts because they are mortal sins.
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The current teachings of the Catholic Church are that gay orientation is an objective disorder that should be treated with compassion, but opposes homosexual acts on the grounds they are against natural law. The new bishop in the diocese of Berkeley, California has just dismissed two openly gay priests because of their orientation, although there is no suggestion they had broken their vows of celibacy. On the other hand it is a matter of record that several popes in the history of the Church have been active homosexuals.
Pope Francis is on record as stating in July 2013 that it was not for him to judge gays. It is reported that while archbishop of Buenos Aires, Pope Francis had spoken forcefully in private, in favour of civil unions for gays. In a newspaper interview in March 2014, Pope Francis made delphic comments that appeared to go further, saying that civil unions met an economic and social need for homosexual persons and suggesting that the Catholic Church could support civil unions at some time in the future. The Vatican and conservative bishops have been quick to correct the record, stating that what the pope said was probably not intended as a move towards acceptance of gay unions.
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∙ 12y agoNo, the Catholic church supports homosexuals but not homosexual practices which they consider inherently sinful.
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∙ 7y agoThe Christian churches that consider homosexuality to be a sin still support the people who have homosexual desires but resist acting on them.
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∙ 9y agoOf course gays are allowed in Church. When Our Blessed Lord established the Church, it was for all sinners.
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∙ 7y agoThat depends on which church you're talking about. There are some Christian denominations that support gay rights and others that oppose it.
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University Baptist Church in College Park. See link.
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What is the Church of Latter Day Saints view on gay rights?
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Some of the issues that the Religious Right rejected were women's liberation, homosexuality, and abortion.
What issue does Pope Francis face?
He faces many issues: Progressives within the Church want the Church to be more liberal and to allow more local control. Conservatives want to return the Church to be similar to the Church before Vatican 2 including more use of the Latin Mass. There is a "Gay Lobby" within the Church that is pushing for recognition of Gay 'Rights' including allowing for gay marriage.
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You don't get rights for being gay. In fact, depending on where you live, you lose rights for being gay.
How long has the gay and lesbian magazine the Advocate been in circulation?
The Gay and Lesbian magazine, The Advocate, has been in circulation since 1974. They have supported gay rights since the first AIDS cases began to surface. The Advocate can be purchased at any newsstand.
