Distraught after confession

[camerong]

I think what you need to think about is that a person should not be defined by their sexual orientation. So, why do you have to have a “homosexual person” in your stories. What, exactly, does it mean to “draw” a homosexual person? Again-- why not just have a *person *in your story. If they aren’t involved sexually in the homosexual lifestyle then why is their orientation important at all? Why would it EVER come up? Why isn’t your story just “Rob the pharmacist” (for example) not “Rob the homosexual”?

Yes, you do seem fixated on sexuality and sexual orientation.

That’s the point, why do you have to think of these people in terms of their sexual orientation?

I’m quite thankful this attitude hasn’t pervaded all fiction, so we still have intriguing characters with depth. Why would someone’s orientation come up if not vital to the story line? Because real people have more to them than their relevance to the story. Mentioning that someone is a homosexual is not thinking of that person in terms of their sexual orientation, it is merely describing the person, like saying someone likes blues or has blonde hair. The OP seems to be to merely trying to write realistic characters, and real people are sometimes homosexuals, like it or not.

 

[WatchingMedia]

Most questions regarding Faith and Morals are answered in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Second Edition.
This will help form a right conscience.

If someone has private issues which relate only to their particular circimstances - in addition to the Catechism, their Priest is the advisor.

 

[Jude]

Well, I don’t necessarily see a person by their orientation , rather by the individual underneath ,which is another thing I hope to exemplify through writing/drawing in the storyline I mentioned. (I’m more into the combination of writing and drawing in the sense of graphic novel. This is what I mean by drawing a person with SSA.)

Again, this is just a question I don’t feel comfortable asking people in my parish about! There are other things I worry about… I’m still learning the rules and practices of the Catholic Church. I mean, this is just a gray area for me, as I don’t here much on the rules in terms of writing/drawing about fictional characters. I just want to make sure I’m ok in what I’m doing . I really would like to salvage the characters if possible, as I have worked on their development quite a while… I think it’s been almost two years. That’s why I’m upset. I mean who wouldn’t be after putting time into something for that long and having someone telling you that you should get rid of it… So I’m not necessarily focused on it Also, I did not not mention the storyline to the priest. I just mentioned a hypothetical situation.

So Glee is saved ?

 

[Jude]

Oh, I also don’t understand ‘scandal’ very well… It seems odd to be sinning when you’re not sinning because other people think you are? Please correct me if I see this wrong, as I am overly confused…

 

[LCMS_No_More]

Oh, I also don’t understand ‘scandal’ very well… It seems odd to be sinning when you’re not sinning because other people think you are? Please correct me if I see this wrong, as I am overly confused…

The way I understand scandal is when a person talks about being a good Christian (Catholic, evangelical, etc.) while committing sins in public for all to see. The scandal is in seeing a person who presents themselves as a Christian while not living in a way Christians are supposed to live. Most people think of scandal in terms of sex, but I think it’s much, much broader and covers more people than we realize.

Examples:

Pro-choice-on-abortion politicians who are also Catholic.
Politicians who are “not gay” but get caught cruising men’s rooms.
People who break one kind of law they don’t like (labor and contract laws) while supporting enforcement of other kinds of laws all while publicly going to Mass (that’s for our beloved Governor here in California, long may he burn in purgatory).

 

[jmcrae]

Oh, I also don’t understand ‘scandal’ very well… It seems odd to be sinning when you’re not sinning because other people think you are? Please correct me if I see this wrong, as I am overly confused…

St. Paul tells us to refrain from all appearance of evil, in addition to the evil itself. If other people could get the wrong idea about you because of how you portray yourself, then you have to find a different and better way to portray yourself.

 

[LilyM]

Oh, I also don’t understand ‘scandal’ very well… It seems odd to be sinning when you’re not sinning because other people think you are? Please correct me if I see this wrong, as I am overly confused…

St Paul tells us we are to avoid putting a stumbling block before our weaker brethren.

People who see you and think you are sinning, if they are weaker, may be tempted by the thought that you are sinning and fall into sin themselves.

Thus by consciously leading people to THINK we are sinning we are disobeying Paul’s injunction not to put stumbling blocks before them.