Gay pride event in our town

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Look for what you have in common, and talk that up. Show love to all. Invite them to Mass and parish programs. That’s what I would do.

Also look out for troublemakers.
 
You know, there are parishes that actually participate in Pride Parades across the country. You might want to think of how to celebrate your members who are LGBTQ. They are as part of the Church as anyone else.

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ComplineSanFran said:
You know, there are parishes that actually participate in Pride Parades across the country. You might want to think of how to celebrate your members who are LGBTQ. They are as part of the Church as anyone else.
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It would be awfully confusing to someone if you celebrated something about them that you also told them they could not act on.
 
There is a Pretoria of sexual orientations out there
now, LGBTQ, but we are ALL called to live a CHASTE
life, no matter what we are attracted to or think gender
we identify as.
 
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ComplineSanFran said:
You might want to think of how to celebrate your members who are LGBTQ. They are as part of the Church as anyone else.
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Yes, but sodomy is a sin. There are plenty of alcoholics involved in AA who are still getting loaded, but they usually don’t get celebrated at official events.
 
My thoughts would be … it’s a hard issue, but I do not think the banner and booth at this event is a good idea. I can guarantee they will see the banner, roll their eyes and complain about it and move on. It may make them believe that they are not welcome in the Church. I don’t think it would make them think deeper on the issue. Maybe host a talk on a separate day about how the church views homosexuality, chastity and theology of the body and all of those things and if any members of the gay community want to hear what you have to say they can come out to it. Like some other posters said, you can’t convey all of Catholic teaching on this issue in the form of a banner. This issue is deep and requires a thorough explanation and a banner cannot go into depth. I guess I just don’t think this event is the right place for it. And this is likely an irrational thought but if you hang something on your church, you may risk people vandalizing the church or something - I dont think the majority of people would do something like that, but you never know if there is one angry person there who would.
 
It is nice to see that your town is having a Happy Pride parade.

Everyone should be proud to be happy!
 
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There are many churches that celebrate Pride. Many find it hard to understand but for those who are brothers and sisters in the Church and LGBTQ, it means a lot.
 
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There are many churches that celebrate Pride. Many find it hard to understand but for those who are brothers and sisters in the Church and LGBTQ, it means a lot.
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Ok I have to ask. What exactly are they celebrating there? How does it contribute to spiritual growth in Christ? What is this event symbolizing?
 
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Looks like they (the parish marching in the parade) are saying “We are here for you.”
 
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“We are here for you.”
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As long as they are welcoming these people into the Church, while not giving the impression they affirm gay marriage, then there is still a degree of wariness one must have of such an event . But are those not pride flags? I thought us Catholics believed pride was a sin and that we are not defined by our attractions?

This sort of “welcome” is very new to me (if you are wondering as to why I may be misinterpreting the message this church is giving).
 
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Good questions. I plan to read more about Catholic parishes in San Francisco and see how they reach out.

Pride is a word with different meanings, not all of which are bad. I am not sure if gay “pride” is equivalent to the sin of pride.
 
RandomAlias said:
Good questions. I plan to read more about Catholic parishes in San Francisco and see how they reach out.

Pride is a word with different meanings, not all of which are bad. I am not sure if gay “pride” is equivalent to the sin of pride.
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I guess. But anyway, I only wonder what that Church is trying to say by marching in a pride parade, because those parades are usually celebrating gay marriage and other things like that, no?
 
I think there is an element of cultural identity involved, which is a kind of validation and perhaps approval. I agree that this aspect might be questionable for a participating parish. Maybe the parish has examined this issue.

The parade in some way also works for human dignity: protection from discrimination, bullying, and harassment; health care and health education concerning transmissible diseases like HIV; and perhaps other good causes.
 
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Show 0% (zero) support for that Pride group. Keep children away from area. Hire temporary security for your Church property. Don’t have any parishioners, or Clergy at Church property, if possible. You could have something special, like Church family picnic or family movie at alternative location. Have special Holy Mass said for that group’s intentions/reparations, a day or so beforehand so that it’s finished BEFORE that group shows up.
 
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The parade in some way also works for human dignity: protection from discrimination, bullying, and harassment; health care and health education concerning transmissible diseases like HIV; and perhaps other good causes.
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True, but i am still wondering if it is still scandalizing for a Catholic Parish to march in such a parade, given the other things that this parade promotes
 
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Even though I’m not Catholic, I was invited by some Catholic friends to march with them in the pride parade in San Francisco in 1982 as part of a contingent from the gay Catholic group Dignity. That was my first pride parade. I was 21. And I later visited a Catholic church with them, I think that it was Most Holy Redeemer in the Castro.
 
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If i may ask, with no disrespect, but why were they marching in the Pride Parade?
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Because I’m gay, but came from a very small, isolated, and conservative rural community where I knew no other gay people. It was an extremely lonely experience. So, when I was 21, I went to San Francisco to attend the parade and it was wonderful to finally be with thousands of other people like me.
 
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