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takenbythee
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The son of a very active, greatly beloved family in my parish just got engaged to his same sex partner. When the SCOTUS decision came out, the young man’s sister posted (on social media) her strong support for the decision, based on her love for her brother, and many well-informed, practicing parishioners clicked ‘like’ in support of her statement. Now there is a lot of talk as to what people should do when the invitations arrive. There are some who truly want to attend the ceremony and reception. Even though they would consider themselves believing Catholics and intentional disciples, they think the loving, Christian thing to do is to attend . Others are feeling conflicted because they do support the Church’s teaching, but they also want to be supportive of the family. The family has a very good relationship with their son and they believe SSM is about ‘Love Wins’. I think situations similar to this are going to occur all over the U.S. How would you advise those who receive invitations? It would be very helpful to have all priests advising the same solution to this question. Unfortunately, I think, just as when Humanae Vitae was written, priests have differing views, and once again, Catholics are going to receive the “let your conscience be your guide” advice from some of our clergy. What do you advise?