Gay pride event in our town

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You understand little to nothing re the CCC quotes then.

Your statement was “As far as divorce, that itself is not contradictory to the Catholic Faith.”

Something does not have to be “intrinsically evil” to be objectively and gravely disordered and abhorrent to Catholics. The Catechism itself is very clear that DIvorce is a grave offence against the natural law and explains why. It is injurious to society regardless of whether a passively involved partner is sometimes less than fully culpable.

Venial culpability and “not against Catholic Faith” are not at all the same thing which you are essentially asserting. The CCC couldn’t be clearer:
2384 Divorce is a grave offense against the natural law.
2385 Divorce is immoral also because it introduces disorder into the family and into society.

Being against “Catholic Faith” couldn’t be clearer.
 
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I would suggest a pamphlet that describes what the Church has to offer, including to potential LGBT members, many of whom are members of Church. Your message could potentially include the fact that we are all sinners. I would end with: Who am I to judge?
 
This is the kind of thread when (name removed by moderator)ut from someone from Courage would be valuable.

I don’t mean to stereotype all “gay pride” events as the same. Maybe the leaders of this particular event have invited Courage, or some evangelical equivalent, in the past. But without that information, I would urge the parish to take no action that day, other than prayer; no banner, no booth, no water bottles.

The Church does need an outreach to these people, but this probably is the last venue to reach individuals.
In my city the gay pride parade has huge numbers of persons who are not gay, but either connected to politicians or those who will turn out for anything for “The Left”.

You want to reach out to gay individuals.
 
Sometimes people can get a petition signed by enough people to get this kind of garbage stopped.
I know someone who said in their town an awful display was going to be put up next to the nativity scene.
Shortly after it was announced, people got a petition made and a bunch of people signed it…the display did not go up.
 
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Just ignore the event. There are any number of public events in communities that you might not agree with for many reasons.

But there is no reason to respond, or attend, unless maybe if they are marching the parade in front of your home. Even then, you can stay inside and clean your bathroom or something.
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This.

You aren’t going to change any minds or hearts by showing up to protest this event (which is what you will be doing, not matter what it is called). All you will do is crystallize for those already inclined to believe it that the church is a place of hate and bigotry, and worse, you may instill those beliefs in people not otherwise inclined to think so.

Schedule a prayer service in your church for the same time. Pray for family values and marriage. It is a much better use of your time and a much better display of Christian values.
 
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Why do you believe, in a country of many different religions and views, that your minority and unproven view that a Gay Pride event is seriously evil for society, should be given any credence by secular authorities?
 
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This is the kind of thread when (name removed by moderator)ut from someone from Courage would be valuable.
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I have attended Courage conferences.
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You want to reach out to gay individuals.
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This is best done by being open to people talking about their unchosen sexual attractions in Catholic circles. By that I mean, not acting like they have to be super-secretive about it, talking openly about the subject in religion and CCD classes, not starting World War III if someone calls themselves “gay”, and so on.
 
I understand, but we as Catholics really can’t “tolerate” such sins.
 
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Make a big sign that says, “God loves you. Want to reciprocate that Love? See here” or something
 
As Catholics, we can disagree with people. We can pray for them. We can say we don’t support those activities and bahviours. We can do all of that with love.

But there is no place for intolerance. Intolerance is an act of hate.

I live in a country where we are frequently being faced with attacks on what we believe by people who say they don’t have to “tolerate” our beliefs on homosexuality, or the sanctity of life, or whatever. They do, and we have to tolerate that other people have beliefs that make us uncomfortable. We can disagree, but we cannot be intolerant.
 
Okay.

Edit: actually look up the definition of tolerate. We cannot tolerate gay marriage.
 
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Because it is a decision to act in a way that is not charitable or compassionate because we disagree and are uncomfortable by that disagreement.

We can only tolerate those things we dislike or are made uncomfortable by. Nobody has to tolerate a beautiful day.
 
There is a demonic spirit behind homosexuality. I would have people praying a rosary in church and offering it up to The Immaculate Heart of Mary on behalf of the participants while the event is going on. I would have some spiritual type warfare like that going on in addition to whatever you decide to do on a human to human level.
 
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Being against “Catholic Faith” couldn’t be clearer.
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A moral offense, is by definition, an offense against God. When an act is NOT morally offensive, that then, is not contrary to the Church.

That is why the Church not only permits divorce, it sometimes REQUIRES it, as when there is no other possibility to protect certain rights,

Thus it is, of itself, not contrary to the Church.
 
Right.
The Rosary is very powerful.
My Church annually prays the Rosary before a Planned Parenthood. They’ve been doing it for years.
The one they used the say the Rosary in front of shut down. Is that the power of the Rosary or what?🙂
 
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Because it is a decision to act in a way that is not charitable or compassionate because we disagree and are uncomfortable by that disagreement.
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I guess we just disagree on the meaning of the word “intolerance,” because that’s not how I would define intolerance. For example, there are certain behaviors that I will not tolerate in my children. I believe that I could say that I have intolerance for these behaviors. Yet I love my children, and I think I can refuse to tolerate certain behaviors without necessarily losing charity or compassion.
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We can only tolerate those things we dislike or are made uncomfortable by. Nobody has to tolerate a beautiful day.
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There I agree with you. To tolerate something implies that we disagree with it or don’t like it, but that nevertheless we will allow it without opposition.
 
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