Why would a straight person leave the Catholic Church over our teaching on gay marriage?

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And your thoughts on that likely explain why you feel the way you do. The person you’re talking about is allowed to have her own feelings on the subject. In other words, if you found yourself part of a church that you felt was treating a group of people poorly, would you speak up? would you try to change it? would you leave if nothing could be changed? Or would you sit quietly, since you weren’t a member of that group?
 
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Do you see straight people leaving the church because we say that premarital sex is wrong or using condoms is wrong? No. You do not.
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Actually, we do. People have posted right on this board saying they’re leaving and the teachings on premarital sex is why.

And that’s not even counting the number of young people who just quietly drift off from the church when they find a boyfriend or girlfriend to have sex with.
 
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Apparently your friend really believes in Gay Marriage, even though she doesn’t partake in this herself.

Her explanation sounds principled and it quite likely is. Quite a few people put their political beliefs high on a list of priorities.
 
Actually, we do see Catholics leaving because of those reasons.

Jim
 
I am sure we all do not agree with the church on 100% of everything it teaches. But there is no excuse to leave the church. Do those who leave for their own reasons even believe in God?
 
Except that’s following religion or rejecting religion, which is different than having the gift of faith.

Jim
 
It is not as obvious or popular so maybe that’s why you haven’t seen it?
 
Part of the reason why my brother stopped believing in the Catholic faith was because I chose to stay by the Church’s teachings about gay marriage, and therefore I chose not to pursue any romantic male relationships. So the reason why a straight person may leave the faith due to the laws regarding gay marriage could be because someone they love is deciding to carry his or her cross
 
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I am sure we all do not agree with the church on 100% of everything it teaches. But there is no excuse to leave the church.
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This is your opinion. Other people may not share it. People leave the church every day over all kinds of stuff I think is stupid, but they aren’t going to change their mind just because I think they’re acting stupid.
Do those who leave for their own reasons even believe in God?
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Sometimes yes and sometimes no. It depends on the person and the situation. Every case is different.
 
Most of the planet believes in a God. Most of the planet is not Catholic. So suggesting that those who leave your particular Church probably don’t have reason to believe in God is a bit prideful, and objectively false.
 
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Do you see straight people leaving the church because we say that premarital sex is wrong or using condoms is wrong? No. You do not.
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They do. They ignore the Church teaching, and use birth control. They are Protestants, they just don’t realize it.
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I am sure we all do not agree with the church on 100% of everything it teaches.
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A Catholic is expected to give mental assent and obedience, even in the case of disagreement. It is more integrity to leave if one cannot or will not obey than to hypocritically act “as if” they submit to the Teachings of the Church by saying “Amen” at Mass, especially at Eucharist!
 
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Why would your brother hate the Church because you wanted to follow Her precepts?
 
Most Protestants are against premarital sex and contraception. We just tend to ignore that because we are Catholic. Those who teach premarital sex and contraception are okay are usually from some non-denominational church.
 
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Most Protestants are against premarital sex and contraception. We just tend to ignore that because we are Catholic. Those who teach premarital sex and contraception are okay are usually from some non-denominational church.
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Excuse me, are you living on Planet Earth with the rest of us?
The only Protestants I’ve found in USA who are strongly against these things are evangelicals - and many of those evangelicals are from independent “non-denominational” churches.
 
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When I first went to college I almost left the church to become Protestant, because I had a horrible experience in confession. He was a hardcore maniac and foreign. He basically told me that I was going to hell if i ever sinned again in my life. So i thought if i am going to hell no if i ever sin once again, Why go to church?

I tried going to various other churches and found them to not be a fit. Something about them felt fake.

Eventually I stayed catholic. That priest I had a horrible experience with was booted since many people started to leave that parish. He was shipped back to Poland. Other priests have said that he was out of line and told people things that were untrue.
 
I reckon that’s possible. However, if he’s in Europe, then even more of the Protestants there, in my experience, have a “relaxed” attitude towards sexuality and certainly towards contraception.
 
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Why would a straight married woman care so much about the church not accepting gay marriage?
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Maybe because she cares about people other than herself?

Many many Catholics disagree with the Church’s position on gay marriage. Most of them just choose not to leave the Church because it.
 
Well, I’m glad you stayed in the Church. As a cradle Catholic, I too find every other church feels pretty fake also, except possibly Jewish synagogues, and for those I feel one would have to be born into Judaism, plus it would feel like a step backwards for me to join them because the reason they don’t feel fake to me is our shared heritage pre-Jesus.

Other people aren’t necessarily going to feel as strongly as you and I do though.
 
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