So the Catholic Church considers gay people to be evil or do they "only" consider gay weddings evil? I certainly don't want to wrongfully accuse them and thus persecute them.
"Is it possible to show love and respect without compromising one’s faith?" - At least they admit that religion/ faith is contrary to loving and respecting other people.
CNA Wrote:Can a Catholic attend a same-sex wedding?
Being invited to the wedding of a family member or friend is often a cause for joy, but for many Catholics, being invited to a same-sex wedding can precipitate a deep internal conflict. How can one reconcile loyalty to family or a friendship with the teachings of the Church? Is it possible to show love and respect without compromising one’s faith?
Father Mario Arroyo, who holds a doctorate in philosophy from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross stated,
“This case, that of attending the gay wedding of a loved one, can be classified within what is known as cooperation with evil. In this case, it would be a matter of material cooperation in evil,” he explained.
“In principle, we must try to avoid cooperating with evil, because we have an obligation, conversely, to cooperate with good within society. In that context, the first attitude is one of reluctance, that is, trying to avoid participating as long as it does not cause irreparable harm to family life or friendship,” he added.
“But if that attitude is going to cause great harm, a total break, a complete breakup of family life, exceptions can be considered.”
In such a case, he said, this cooperation with evil would have to “be material, never formal. That is, never express joy or happiness at the fact that two people of the same sex get married, but simply attend a ceremony taking into account that the great harm of cutting off all communication cannot be avoided.”
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/...ex-wedding
"Is it possible to show love and respect without compromising one’s faith?" - At least they admit that religion/ faith is contrary to loving and respecting other people.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
