Is it okay to perform a gay marriage?

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Not aiming at anyone in particular here, but in general, would it be considered a sin for a Catholic official to perform a civil gay marriage? Keep it civil, please. Thanks.
 
So we have down that practicing homosexuality is a mortal sin.
Homosexuality refers to relations between men or between women who experience an exclusive or predominant sexual attraction toward persons of the same sex. It has taken a great variety of forms through the centuries and in different cultures.
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Its psychological genesis remains largely unexplained. Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, tradition has always declared that “homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered.” They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. **Under no circumstances can they be approved. **(CCC 2357)
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The Holy See makes it clear that homosexuality is a violation of natural law and that, certainly, it is not for marriage. Marriage is flat-out between a man and a woman who intend to produce offspring naturally, just as God intended it.

Therefore, this is no “gay marriage.” It is not marriage in the first place. We cannot have a “progressive” version of Christianity allowing such things as gay unions, abortion, euthanasia, and gender ideology. Our God would not approve and the saints in Heaven, being enlightened and filled with the Beatific Vision, would not either.

Here is an extensive Catholic Answers article on homosexuality and the Catholic Church: catholic.com/documents/gay-marriage

So, for all purposes, any person whatsoever (Catholic or otherwise) should not perform a would-be marriage between men or between women. It would create scandal, and I think that’s a (mortal?) sin! A person who can perform a “marriage” as this should not.
 
Paganus said:
Not aiming at anyone in particular here, but in general, would it be considered a sin for a Catholic official to perform a civil gay marriage? Keep it civil, please. Thanks.
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By perform, you mean officiate? No a Catholic cannot do so.
 
On the other hand, I have been present at a number of civil weddings which have been performed by Catholic laity and clergy.
 
No. Just because “Uncle Joe” did it does not make it acceptable to the Church.
 
Since when can Catholic laity perform civil weddings? Enlighten me, please. Does the Pope know about this? hmm.
 
chris62 said:
Are you sure?
I doubt that.
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There are plenty of Catholics, both lay and clergy, that put their person feelings above the consistent teachings of the Church. Given we are talking about California, I am sure that there are huge percentages of Catholics that have no problem flipping the bird at the Church in order to “do what is right” by their gay friends and coworkers. Most Catholics seem to just see the Church as an advisory board and blithely ignore Her whenever they feel like.:mad:
 
Mary_Estelle said:
Since when can Catholic laity perform civil weddings? Enlighten me, please. Does the Pope know about this? hmm.
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Any lay person can perform a civil wedding. One gets a permit from the county (usually for a day) and then can legally perform the wedding. Also, if a person is a judge, a captain, a court clerk, or a justice of the peace, they can automatically perform any wedding.
 
I don’t think so. If the person officiating is a practicing Catholic, they would know that they are condoning a sin,according to the church, and there is no way to have this marriage be made into a sacramental marriage later.

For civil marriages between men and women, it is always the hope that this marriage will become sacramental in the future. So perhaps a catholic official can do it because of this fact.
 
Paganus said:
Not aiming at anyone in particular here, but in general, would it be considered a sin for a Catholic official to perform a civil gay marriage? Keep it civil, please. Thanks.
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That this s even a question saddens me.
 
Paganus said:
Not aiming at anyone in particular here, but in general, would it be considered a sin for a Catholic official to perform a civil gay marriage? Keep it civil, please. Thanks.
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Its a sin, but its not an excommunicable offense.

Our Catholic mayor here in Pittsburgh, Mr. Peduto, has performed gay marriages with a lot of publicity, and hasn’t been censured.
 
boldlygo said:
A Catholic judge…a Catholic ship’s captain…
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You are citing uncommon occurances here. Yes, a Catholic ship’s captain can conduct a civil marriage, but probably would not unless there were an outstanding reason to do so. It still would not be a Catholic-sacramental union, but there may be the expectation that it would become one, PDQ.

“Good old Uncle Joe” flaunted the teachings of the Church. A Catholic Judge would still be conducting a civil marriage. A Catholic clerk can preform a civil marriage by the obligation of civil law, but again, it would not be a valid, sacramental union of the Church. Peace.
 
Paganus said:
Not aiming at anyone in particular here, but in general, would it be considered a sin for a Catholic official to perform a civil gay marriage? Keep it civil, please. Thanks.
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OK first I’d like to state I have nothing against homosexuals and it is none of my business how they choose to live their life but what gets on my nerves is some gay rights activists and the media have beef with the church stating…the church is homophic, an outdated church and this love is love agenda! God loves all his children but all his children dont agree with God or His church…it’s as simple as that. I think gay marriage is wrong and against Catholic teaching which comes from Jesus Himself.
 
Usige said:
There are plenty of Catholics, both lay and clergy, that put their person feelings above the consistent teachings of the Church. Given we are talking about California, I am sure that there are huge percentages of Catholics that have no problem flipping the bird at the Church in order to “do what is right” by their gay friends and coworkers. Most Catholics seem to just see the Church as an advisory board and blithely ignore Her whenever they feel like.:mad:
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This is sad but true 😔
 
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