Thursday, April 18, 2013
May Catholic Supporters of Marriage Equality Receive Communion?
That's the question University of St. Thomas law prof Chuck Reid addresses over at ReligiousLeftLaw. Comments on the post are welcome there.
https://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2013/04/may-catholic-supporters-of-marriage-equality-receive-communion.html
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Society believes that same-sex attracted people should be able to have same-sex activities and get married. Roman Catholicism believes that same-sex attracted people are called to celibacy or should try to engage in a sexual relationship within traditional marriage, despite same-sex attraction. I do not understand why a same-sex attracted person would remain a Roman Catholic, but apparently many do.
I do not understand why I as a Catholic have to, under penalty of excommunication, reject the national consenus that societally accepted same-sex attracted people should have the financial and legal protections associated with traditional marriage. The bishops lost me on this one.