Can Catholics attend same-sex marriage ceremonies?

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Thrstypirate said:
Fr. Mike Schmidt’s suggestion is to skip the ceremony so that you are not a witness to the actual event and go to the reception to show your love as a family member or friend. I think that’s a good way to go about it
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I’m surprised he suggested this, and I think it’s actually a very poor idea for a number of reasons:
  1. It’s rude to skip the ceremony and just go the reception of a wedding, unless you have a very good reason, such as work you absolutely can’t get out of.
  2. You aren’t sending the message you think you are with this type of conduct. All it is is a weak attempt to compromise and please your friend/family member and soothe your conscience at the same time; but in trying to please everyone, you will please no one. For one thing, chances are that most other wedding guests will not notice that you skipped the ceremony, or if they do, they will not know why. So if you are trying to avoid scandal or send a message that you don’t approve of the union, know that you are not accomplishing that object when you appear at the reception (especially since the whole purpose of the reception is to celebrate the union that just took place). Alternatively, if you do make it known to your friend and his/her partner why you will not attend their ceremony, I can’t imagine that they would want you at their reception. You can’t have it both ways.
As a Catholic, I don’t think it is right to attend at all, but it is better to be honest about it then try to do the half-hearted in-between thing that will only send mixed messages at best. (Or in some cases, if you are not particularly close to the couple, you may be able to just send your regrets without getting into the reasons why you can’t attend.)
 
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Axsenex said:
It’s ridiculously funny to debate on this since Obergefell v. Hodges.

I still think it’s funny about why so many people went nuclear over it.
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Are you on the right forum? Why are you on here ridiculing Catholic beliefs and teaching?
 
Thank you for clarifying the group. The American Psychiatric Society. Yes! The radio Psychiatrist m, Dr. Laura had researched the number of Drs on the group. I’m not sure exactly. BUT, the amt is gay Psychiatrists was greater than the heterosexual Psychiatrists. What ever the exact numbers were.
I’ll see if I can find facts.
God bless
 
A patient should not have to suffer. Get diagnosed. Get informed. Comfort is to be provided. Pain is the fifth VS.
Choices: treat disease. Still get pain meds. OR depending on age and health, refuse treatment and just be medicated for pain and anxiety.
Terminal disease=DNR
OLD=age is relevant to health conditions. On dialysis & 65yo= coding You aren’t going to bring your kidneys back. DNR
END STAGE CARDIAC OR RESPIRATORY DISEASE= regardless of age=DNR.
We would bring a patient back to suffering. After a Code the pt is not as strong as before a Code.
I’m 70 yo! I’m in constant pain. I’m a DNR. My husband is 77 and oxygen dependent= DNR.
If young and healthy, keep trying to live.
We are going to die. God is calling us home. Asking the medical community, to keep you alive is interfering w God’s will, when we are old.
 
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 The church says, SAME SEX MARTIAGES ARE A NO NO! They are following what respect, compassion and sensitivity, to which the couple are entitled. 
 The church says, NO ACTIVE PERFORMANCE OF HOMOSEXUALITY. It is a SIN to act out ones homosexuality. 
 We need to think of soul and eternity. 
 These are sinful times. Being politically correct is not a Christian behavior. Love and Truth are.
I’m going to have to speak w a family member concerning his life style. I just reconnected. The time isn’t right. His soul is more important than our relationship. This is a face to face discussion. I won’t stop loving him. He’ll not be fond of me! God loves all of us! We, all are to be chaste till death. Marrieds must be faithful.
God help us understand.
 
It’s because a lot of Catholics, even priests, don’t see this as a sin that cries out to Heaven.
 
Sometimes the operation hurts and there is no way to avoid it. Anyways, it was an analogy.
 
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Actually, I would be fine with attending a Hindu wedding between two people who were actually Hindu. It would not be sacramental, but non-sacramental marriages can be morally legitimate even if not sacramental. However, marriage always involves a man and a woman.
 
EnglishTeacher, Much as I respect Father Mike, I agree with you completely. If he in fact suggested this, I am shocked.
 
Pray. An then do as your heart and spirit (conscience) tell you to do. And always remember be charitable, be loving and do not judge.
 
I don’t get why Fr. Schmidt’s idea is a problem. If they’ve already had the ceremony then your attendance at the reception is immaterial. You certainly aren’t making a moral impression on them. Even if it is wrong, no grave matter that I can see.
 
Better to have a small church of faithful than a big church of the fakeful. By the way, homosexual cannot love each other, it is lust.
 
Male are eighty percent of the abuse victims in the Church. If that isn’t homosexual then the word has lost all meaning.
 
I think Fr. Mike answer is wrong. Going to the reception is just another excuse for doing the pc way. One can never acknowledge sin and thimk all I s ok.
 
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