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cgod  ·  3439 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Desire of the Everlasting Hills

There are many extremely liberal Catholics out there who think the church is running way behind the arc of justice and the teachings of Christ regarding homosexuality.

There are many homosexual priests in the Catholic Church who don't practice celibacy.

My wife's family are all Catholics of varying levels of devotion and none of the them under the age of 65 have ever said anything truely bigoted about homosexuals. One uncle has tried to tease me that I used to work at a gay bar when I was at a job that had a large gay clientele and hoasted at lest one large gay oriented event a month but I don't suspect he opposes gay nuptials.

I've been to a few services at their churches and I think I'd be shocked to see any of the priests I've met treat a gay couple with anything but grace, courtesy and love but i know there are a few older priests who are poorly regarded by the parishioners who seem to generally have hate in their heart for anything liberal and would probably hate on gays at the drop of a hat.