Has anyone seen this film? It's about three people who strongly identify as Catholics, and how they deal with being homosexual.
https://everlastinghills.org/movie/
Full disclosure here, for those unaware, I am Trans and not a person of faith (nor have I ever been one - though the tea and biscuits at the Anglican Church were pretty good while my mom made me go).
The reason I'm sharing it is not because I agree with how these people justify their life and their faith, or even that I find the movie particularly interesting (though I think that the three interviewees are interesting people with interesting stories - It's just dragged out and long), but more that It was included in my facebook feed, posted by someone I know who is of immense faith. Him posting this really struck me, and I felt I needed to give him the respect of my ear.
This is a longish film - It's over an hour long - but if you get a chance I think that there could be some interesting dialogue around this. Is this how those of profound faith, like my friend, are going to deal with sexuality moving forward? Does this mindset show how they might deal with how they will deal with same sex marriage?
I realize that celibacy is not a new phenomenon for gay people of faith - A teacher of intense Jewish faith at my former university was completely celibate because of his seuality, priests have been celibate for hundreds of years (indeed I've heard interpretations of Leviticus and Deuteronomy that say that many of the anti-homosexual passages are more directed at priests, and less so at the general populace) - But it's more of the attitude that the movie is espousing that I find interesting: that being gay is not evil. The relationship still has a lot of strings attached, but the people in the film are humanized and treated with dignity.
Is this what a more moderate American faith will look like? I realize that these people are Catholic and that many of the faithful in America are Protestant. If it does, how will this viewpoint transfer into a viewpoint of same-sex marriage?
I know there are people of faith on Hubski - of varying faiths, in fact, some Abrahamic, and some not. I'd like to request a safe space for them to talk about their faith and what a legalized same-sex marriage means to them. that does not mean a place free of dissent, or even disagreement - It just means one where we treat those opposing us with respect. No ridiculing, people for their respective beliefs, basically.
Hope to see some cool stuff here. Cheers friends.
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.
I might give the film a view after my midterms are over, but even so I've grown up in an anabaptist community so I can't really give any insight into anything Catholic. That said, I know a few friends who go to gay friendly churches and when I went through the youth groups at my church even our pastors emphasized the humanity of gay people and to respect and love them. Didn't mean they officiated their weddings, but I found it refreshing at least.