Case in point ; " Ramifications " ? future - tenses ? I’m sorry , but this argument was lost when you acknowledged that the state had any authority here , whether that was 50 or 500 years ago. Concepts have consequences , though sometimes they are slow in the flowering.
I am only stating —
Do you believe that the Catholic Church can change its teaching on this? A local Catholic college publishes a newsletter with information about alumni. One of the points of interest is who among the graduates of the Catholic college, has gotten married recently. I noticed that in the last few editions, they offer their congratulations to a few SS couples. Their pictures are posted together with the many well wishers and it appears that everyone is happy and smiling on this occasion.
Whether they could or could not (and many on this board will insist, with dozens of references to the Bible, the Catechism and everything else, that they certainly could not, as we have already seen in many threads), the Church will almost certainly NOT change its teaching in the near future, i.e. my lifetime, because a large percentage of the current membership would rise up and leave and we’d have another schism. Sad but true.
Last I checked we live in a democracy with checks and balances. It should also be noted that the latest polls show that approximately 2/3 of the US population, including 2/3 of Catholics, support gay marriage. Perhaps you would prefer to live in a country under Sharia law where gay marriage is not a possibility.
I believe that most, if not all, people in same-sex marriages already know the Church’s stance which I support. But I still say not to judge or get upset. Now that same-sex marriages are legal, I believe it’s up to God at this point to judge from a societal perspective, not the Church’s perspective.
let me help you with that
Here is some self explanatory, forever advice, that has no expiration date to it.
I’m very aware of that passage, and I believe they know that Catholics teach that they are in sin, and thus warned. Again, my post is at the level of societies’ decision to allow gay marriages. It’s the decision of society to allow gay marriages that I’m referring to. As I already stated, it’s our job to preach the bible to them so that they may see the Light! Again, I’m in agreement with the Church and I oppose gay marriages from a religious perspective, but as for our society’s decision to allow gay marriages, it is there that I say “let it be.” It a decision on behalf of society that I doubt will likely change.Robert_Sock:
Here is some self explanatory, forever advice, that has no expiration date to it.
Ez 3:
17 “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me. 18 If I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand. 19 But if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, or from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you will have saved your life. 20 Again, if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die; because you have not warned him, he shall die for his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand. 21 Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man not to sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he took warning; and you will have saved your life.”
There is no such thing as same sex marriage
I do not agree with abolishing marriage and family, but I have thought for many years that gender creates way too many headaches and I would enjoy seeing it go.
