RE: Gay, Catholic and Doing Fine
February 4, 2016 at 1:29 pm
(This post was last modified: February 4, 2016 at 1:30 pm by athrock.)
(February 4, 2016 at 1:25 pm)KevinM1 Wrote:(February 4, 2016 at 1:19 pm)athrock Wrote: The author of the OP seems to think that it is entirely possible to be gay and Catholic and that his experience of being a Catholic has been positive because he views his relationship with God to be greater than the cost of celibacy.
Who would have thought that possible?
Again, I must ask, who cares?
Good for him for living his life the way he chooses. Unless he tries to deny me the same freedom, I fail to see why his story should matter to me.
Well, the value, I suppose, in testimonies like that of Joe Prever is that it puts to lie the slanderous accusation that the Catholic Church is homophobic or somehow disrespectful to gay people.
And it may give hope to those gays and lesbians who may be wondering if it is possible for THEM to live a godly life as celibate Catholics.
The message is: You can do this.
