Question: Is gay marriage sinful?

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You mean a Josephite Marriage? I don’t really know what makes marriage different from other relationships than a few aspects. Of course there is more to marriage but those elements can also be found in other relationships like friendships or families.
 
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Please pray for me also. I am Roman Catholic. I believe everything our Church teaches. Marriage is for man and woman. In Holy Scripture. Read 1 Corinthians 6:9-11. It speaks of some acts, I believe if someone is homosexual he/she should be chaste. The same as with heterosexuals if single should be chaste. Marriage is between man and woman not man and man or woman and woman. My nephew is homosexual. He considers himself married. I love him. I pray for him. He believes I am evil and a hypocrite. I can’t help how he thinks of me. Becoming a true Christian is denying the world and all the world says is okay. He needs to follow Christ and not the world.
Please realize I am not a PhD in theology. Blessings on finding the answers you need.
I am single and chaste because of Christ Jesus. I choose not to follow the world. I did not attend his “wedding “. I do not condone his behavior or his vocabulary. I do pray for him and will for as long as I live.
 
Love him where he is. The only way to witness to him is by living the faith and that means loving him. If he was a girl who had gotten pregnant out of wedlock wouldn’t you continue to love her? Do the same for him.

God bless and I will be praying for you!
 
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No, I was Catholic and converted to the Society of Friends (Quakers) a short time ago after joining the forum. I stick around for interesting discussion. If it helps that is on my profile 😊

And yes, your opinion doesn’t effect me. That doesn’t mean I shouldn’t be interested in it though, does it?

You think in time we’ll see that homosexual couples cause harm, I don’t. You don’t like the study that shows that lesbian families produce children who excel. I suppose all we can do is wait.
 
I know. 🙂 I was just stressing that it’s okay to do so and to continue doing so.
 
Yeah, totally. I think in time we’ll start to see more and more the damage it has done.

No harm, no foul! I shared my thoughts on it and you shared yours and now all we can do is move on. I’m not big on the arguing back and forth the same points over and over. 🙂
 
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You mean a Josephite Marriage? I don’t really know what makes marriage different from other relationships than a few aspects. Of course there is more to marriage but those elements can also be found in other relationships like friendships or families.
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I don’t have the same kind of love for my friends, even close ones, as I do for my partner even as an asexual. Sadly we approach ineffable things, but if you’ve felt a love for a partner I’m sure you know what I mean, and it’s certainly not simply sexual.
 
Precisely, this is something that will take time and neither of us will be able to prove until then. Peace.
 
I will pray for you and for your nephew. I hope even if he disagrees with you that he still finds comfort in God.
 
I’d say 99.9% of gay couples who marry are having sex. What is they have been told that it is against God’s will, but don’t believe it can be so? I’m knowing more and more people who have someone in their family marrying someone of the same sex. It’s very difficult, because you love the people, including those getting married, but how do you handle it?
 
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Why would someone outside the Church make it their business to change the Church? Do these same people go to other religions and do the same thing, or does the Catholic Church hold a special fascination?
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Often times people outside of the Church see things in way those inside the Church don’t. Sometimes they see the types of Church teachings being discussed here as harmful and immoral, so they like to debate it. Usually this perception is based in their life experiences. I think it is a fair reason for debate.
 
I wouldn’t consider Family Watch International (FWI) to be a reputable and unbiased source of information on homosexuality. The founder and president of FWI, Sharon Slater, is kind of low key here in the US, but she and her organization have played an active role in Africa in support of efforts there to criminalize homosexuality. FWI has publicly voiced its support for Nigeria’s efforts in this regard where homosexual activity can be punished by 14 years in jail:
As the most populous and one of the wealthiest African counties, Nigeria can serve as a strong role model for other governments in the region to follow on how to hold on to their family values despite intense international pressure.
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http://religiondispatches.org/american-anti-gay-campaign-in-africa-opposes-fictitious-sexual-rights/

When asked whether she supported the 14 year prison sentence for homosexuality in Nigeria, she responded:
FWI does not dictate to nations what specific laws people should enact or protect regarding homosexual sex or whether they should fine or jail individuals.
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She also opposed the repeal of sodomy laws in the US which imposed criminal penalties on homosexual behavior.

She says that she’s opposed to “violence” against gay people, but won’t categorically say that she’s opposed to criminal penalties for homosexual activity.
 
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In fairness I didn’t vet the source before posting as I tend to do research outside the internet so when I feel I am pressed to present evidence it can be difficult. I really do need to start keeping better track.

Thanks for pointing that out.
 
This thread was opened on June 15, more than a month ago. It’s probably set a record by now for a thread that has something to do with homosexuality that has not been closed yet.
 
You can’t keep putting gay marriage and pedophilia in the same boat, you really can’t. I think you need to stop being so self-righteous.
 
I am not being self righteous. I am not even talking about myself. The way you are justifying homosexual actions is also able to defend pedophilia by extent. Pedophilia is a desire and its origins are probably similar to homosexuality. Weren’t you the who said that people should follow their desires since God made them that way?
 
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