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Is it wrong for a Catholic to act as witness to a same-sex marriage?
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Catholic AnswerYes, for a Catholic marriage is a sacrament from God to give grace to a man and a woman who take each other in a monogamous union for life. Matrimony is a mirror of the love that Our Blessed Lord has for His Bride, which is the Church. Marriage is to be fruitful, one of the two objects of holy matrimony is the begetting of children, the other being the love between the husband and the wife. For the Catholic, there is no such thing as same-sex "marriage". For a Catholic to even attend such an act is a sin, to act as a witness would be pushing into very serious sin meaning that the Catholic could no longer receive Holy Communion without making a sincere confession to a priest.Wiki User
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