catholic but supports gay people?

Question

i just joined the gay-straight alliance at my high school and im straight and catholic, but is supporting gay people against my religion? its kind of unclear.

Answer 1

As far as I know, Catholicism teaches that if you believe in their religion that you are suppose to believe and follow everything within the religion regardless of your personal beliefs. They say you cannot "pick and choose" what you like because they believe you will choose what is only convenient for you.

However, I believe that the interpretation of morality is up to the individual and not a religion. I believe that we should not underestimate people's ability to know right from wrong simply because they are not religious. Many religious people are not spiritual anyways.
Read up on the Catholic church or ask your local priest. You may want to ask him as a general question rather than tell them that you are in the organization. I believe I accurately stated the church's position, but it is best to double check.

Answer 2

Hi. Thanks for your support!
I'm queer and not Catholic, but I'm reading a book right now that deals really well with the issue from a Catholic standpoint.
It's called
"This Remarkable Gift : Being Cay and Catholic." It's by Maurice Shinnick. It goes into a lot of the history of different position papers and statements by the Catholic Church over time, from The USA, Canada, Australia....

And this book is definitely 'pro' supporting gays and lesbians. It quotes some significant Catholic position papers that say some more positive things than I imagined, about priests and catholic churches needing to be able to help people 'come out', and about the need for the church to support people, and to take a stance against hostility and homophobia against gays....
So you're actually doing something very Catholic by joining the Alliance, in a sense!

One thing I learned from this book that saddened me, though, is that Cardinal Ratzinger - now Pope Benny - was one of the most anti-gay cardinals, so you might hear pretty conservative or anti-gay positions during his lifetime as pontiff, on this issue.

But thanks for choosing the way of love and mercy and solidarity, just as Jesus did in his day.

Answer 3

I'm Catholic as well and support gay rights. Catholic dogma and what most of the clergy say is that gay people have rights, and should not be abused in any way or excluded. It is sometimes said that homosexuality is a disease but that is more personal opinion rather than catholic law. The Cardinal Ratzinger may have been anti-gay in the past but when you become pope you are limited to dogma and scripture the pope's personal feelings cannot be transfered into a church edict, unlike in the past.

Answer 4

I do not think that supporting gay people is against your religion. Leviticus 19:27 says not to shave beards, but when you go to mass you will notice that most men are clean shaven. It can appear to be unclear as some Bible passage can be contradictory, so it is the kind of the argument of not seeing the forest for the trees. If you look at the overall message of the Bible and not specific passages, you will know what is the right thing to do.

Answer 5

There's a difference between dogma and doctrine. Dogma is core teachings, and doctrine is beliefs extrapolated from that. There is a doctrine against gay inclusion, and many legal gay rights in the catholic church. Many people accept that as something they don't agree with, but continue going to a Catholic church. Others might not want to associate with said church because of that. There doesn't have to be a conflict though.

Answer 6

It all depends on what your gay-straight alliance's agenda is. Merely being gay is not a sin. There's nothing wrong with that. So, if the g-s alliance is trying to promote equality in HUMAN DIGNITY (I am not talking about "equal rights" in the political sense), then that is okay. If the g-s alliance is attempting to promote the social institution of same-sex marriage, or the social acceptance of homosexual behavior, then you would be going against the teachings of Catholicism to be counted amongst them.

Answer 7

maximum conservatives help criminal protections for gay couples in spite of the undeniable fact that they disagree that the courting must be defined as though it have been comparable to a heterosexual courting because of the fact in basic terms placed one courting can deliver new life and the different is often sterile. Marriage between a guy and a women people replaced into of course created for the ease of babies and the subsequent technology, this is likewise why regulations and rules reaping benefits married couple got here into being.

Answer 8

Honestly Sarah I don't know. I certainly don't believe everything that everyone tells me...but those are decisions that you have to make for yourself...I don't think that the Catholic Church is very fond of gay people...but you make the call..you're an adult.

Answer 9

If everyone did exactly what their religion said, there would be a lot of stupid people in this world........oh wait...........haha

But seriously, religion should be a general guide, not absolute authority. If no one questions it, we're all doomed.

By the way, the Catholic church also believes that dying of AIDS is better than using a condom.

Answer 10

Well, many catholics are more conservative and fundamentalists, so they'd tell you that it is against the catholic faith. Honestly, someone's religious views and image of their divine are very personal issues, so only you would really know if your divine hates it's own creations or not.