Anti gay-marriage atheist??

[Catholic_Lady]

No one is saying that it's easy, or that God does not have mercy on those who fall short. It is a very tall order. Yes, ideally, we believe they should try to live a chaste life style. But we should not judge those who don't, because like you said, it is a very difficult thing to do. I don't think it's "bigoted" to have the belief that sex outside husband and wife is immoral. People can still do what they want in their sex life, and we should respect all people.  But it doesn't mean we have to think it's moral. That's not bigoted. 

On a semi unrelated note, do you think that it's wrong in general to believe someone should deny a huge part of themselves? Or only in certain cases? 

Because there are other cases where all of us, as a society, believe a person should deny huge parts of themselves.

Ah, but CL, here's what I see as the difference (as explained to me by a priest - I just wanted to hear what he would say) and he said that the Catholic Church no longer sees homosexual state as a sin, just homosexual sex.  And obviously, they're not going to marry gay couples.   So according to the Catholic Church, anyone who is homosexual must remain celibate to be able to take communion.  

That's a pretty big part of one's self to deny.  Imagine being told, at the age of, oh, 17, that you had to remain celibate ALL YOUR LIFE if you wanted to take communion.

I feel like you're just regurgitating what I already said (being gay is not wrong, only acting on it), and bringing up things I've already addressed (that yes, it's very difficult, and yes, God has a lot of mercy), so I'm not sure what you're trying to tell me? Lol.