Lisa Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 [url="http://littlecatholicbubble.blogspot.com/2011/07/gay-catholic-and-doing-fine.html"]http://littlecatholicbubble.blogspot.com/2011/07/gay-catholic-and-doing-fine.html[/url] Not a debate, just wanted to bring this to people's attention. It is refreshing!
cmotherofpirl Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 [quote name='Lisa' timestamp='1310764137' post='2267909'] [url="http://littlecatholicbubble.blogspot.com/2011/07/gay-catholic-and-doing-fine.html"]http://littlecatholicbubble.blogspot.com/2011/07/gay-catholic-and-doing-fine.html[/url] Not a debate, just wanted to bring this to people's attention. It is refreshing! [/quote]
HopefulBride Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 Oh wow. Such a wonderful article that gets at what it truly means to be catholic (gay or straight)
BG45 Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 I thought this part was pretty amesome: [quote]Where are all these bigoted Catholics I keep hearing about? When I told my family a year ago, not one of them responded with anything but love and understanding. Nobody acted like I had a disease. Nobody started treating me differently or looking at me funny. The same is true of every one of the Catholic friends that I've told. They love me for who I am. Actually, the only time I get shock or disgust or disbelief, the only time I've noticed people treating me differently after I tell them, is when I tell someone who supports the gay lifestyle.[i] Celibacy?? You must be some kind of freak[/i].[/quote]
Lisa Posted July 15, 2011 Author Posted July 15, 2011 [quote] [color=#282525][font=Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif][size=2]Is it hard to be gay and Catholic? Yes, because like everybody, I sometimes want things that are not good for me. The Church doesn't let me have those things, not because she's mean, but because she's a good mother. If my son or daughter wanted to eat sand I'd tell them: that's not what eating is for; it won't nourish you; it will hurt you. Maybe my daughter has some kind of condition that makes her like sand better than food, but I still wouldn't let her eat it. Actually, if she was young or stubborn enough, I might not be able to reason with her -- I might just have to make a rule against eating sand. Even if she thought I was mean. [/quote] [/size][/font][/color] [color=#282525][font=Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif][size=2] [/size][/font][/color] [color=#282525][font=Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif][size=2]This was my favorite part. We all have those things in our life that we need the Church to be a "tough" but loving mother about [/size][/font][/color]
Debra Little Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 [quote name='Lisa' timestamp='1310764137' post='2267909'] [url="http://littlecatholicbubble.blogspot.com/2011/07/gay-catholic-and-doing-fine.html"]http://littlecatholi...doing-fine.html[/url] Not a debate, just wanted to bring this to people's attention. It is refreshing! [/quote] I loved this article. It gives GLBT's support and encouragement. I am not going back into my closet because people oppose me. I am being more honest with myself. God loves and accepts me as I am. He is the one that created me and He gives me the right to be who I am. It doesn't matter what the church and society think.
kujo Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 [quote]Where are all these bigoted Catholics I keep hearing about?[/quote] On Phatmass
Nihil Obstat Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 "Is it hard to be gay and Catholic? Yes, because like everybody, I sometimes want things that are not good for me. The Church doesn't let me have those things, not because she's mean, but because she's a good mother." Very good.
Brother Adam Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 [quote name='kujo' timestamp='1310772920' post='2267978'] On Phatmass [/quote] Who?
Lil Red Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 [quote name='kujo' timestamp='1310772920' post='2267978'] On Phatmass [/quote] seriously?
Luigi Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 (edited) [quote name='Lil Red' timestamp='1310791089' post='2268090'] seriously? [/quote] Actually - and I think not even the Mods know this - there is a secret Not-Catholic-Enough Firing Squad on Phatmass. They send coded messages to each other, through status updates, about who they're going to execute next for offenses against Catholic theology. Was I not supposed to say anything about that? Edited July 16, 2011 by Luigi
franciscanheart Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 [quote name='Luigi' timestamp='1310791279' post='2268092'] Actually - and I think not even the Mods know this - there is a secret Not-Catholic-Enough Firing Squad on Phatmass. They send coded messages to each other, through status updates, about who they're going to execute next for offenses against Catholic theology. Was I not supposed to say anything about that? [/quote] huh?
cmotherofpirl Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 [quote name='Debra Little' timestamp='1310768745' post='2267952'] I loved this article. It gives GLBT's support and encouragement. I am not going back into my closet because people oppose me. I am being more honest with myself. God loves and accepts me as I am. He is the one that created me and He gives me the right to be who I am. It doesn't matter what the church and society think. [/quote] So you didn't read the article? Because what you just said " It doesn't matter what the church and society think" is exactly opposite of what the article stated.
Vincent Vega Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 [quote name='Luigi' timestamp='1310791279' post='2268092'] Actually - and I think not even the Mods know this - there is a secret Not-Catholic-Enough Firing Squad on Phatmass. They send coded messages to each other, through status updates, about who they're going to execute next for offenses against Catholic theology. [/quote] Quoted because...welll...just quoted.
Ash Wednesday Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 [quote name='Nihil Obstat' timestamp='1310784458' post='2268041'] "Is it hard to be gay and Catholic? Yes, because like everybody, I sometimes want things that are not good for me. The Church doesn't let me have those things, not because she's mean, but because she's a good mother." Very good. [/quote] Yes. Sometimes it's hard to just be Catholic. Period.
kujo Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 [quote name='Brother Adam' timestamp='1310785108' post='2268046'] Who? [/quote] [quote name='Lil Red' timestamp='1310791089' post='2268090'] seriously? [/quote]
Groo the Wanderer Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 [quote name='Luigi' timestamp='1310791279' post='2268092'] Actually - and I think not even the Mods know this - there is a secret Not-Catholic-Enough Firing Squad on Phatmass. They send coded messages to each other, through status updates, about who they're going to execute next for offenses against Catholic theology. Was I not supposed to say anything about that? [/quote] shhhhh!
Brother Adam Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 [quote name='kujo' timestamp='1310809954' post='2268145'] [/quote] In other words you don't know what real bigotry is?
Groo the Wanderer Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 [quote name='Brother Adam' timestamp='1310826865' post='2268206'] In other words you don't know what real bigotry is? [/quote] I do! Bigotry is being called a hater because you disagree with the choices a person makes. Bigotry is calling me a hatemonger because I reject a sinful, harmful, and sterile lifestyle devoid of the possibility of bringing forth life. Bigotry is demanding that I not just tolerate sexual deviancies, but embrace them as normal and tout them to my children as such. ppfft! I bite my thumb at thee, ye haters of me
BG45 Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 [quote name='Ash Wednesday' timestamp='1310806369' post='2268143'] Yes. Sometimes it's hard to just be Catholic. Period. [/quote] Amen.
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