Why would God create gay people if God considers it a sin?

[commenter]

Just as today the Church also has such disciplinary laws. Some things in canon law are divine law and some are merely ecclesial law. Merely ecclesial laws bind those who are under the authority of the Church

Between divine law, and man made law, there is another standard, Natural Law. Up until maybe 100 years ago, it was well understood by by most Catholics, Protestants, Jews, Muslims, atheists, that certain things were inherently right or wrong, according to their purpose, even if you disagreed about what,
if any divine law to follow. The Declaration of Independence was strongly influenced by the Natural Law.

The Natural Law is still fairly strong in parts of the world, but greatly weakened in the West outside the Catholic Church. The same coalition that opposes same sex marriage also opposes abortion and now the destruction of infants born alive in abortions.

With each new victory the opponents of the Natural Law prepare to eliminate some additional protection. Gay persons will be hurt by the collapse of the Natural Law, just as others are.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

You seem very convinced that its a sin, i am not convinced. I think we can respectfully disagree about it and agree that we’re all trying to be good people at the end of the day.

This is Catholic Answers Forum and you are in a section designated “Catholic Living”, not the “Non-Catholic Religions” section where somebody of another faith having a different view of sin might post.

The posts on this subforum are going to give the Catholic Church teaching view of “what is a sin”. Don’t act surprised when 1ke or any other poster expresses that. It’s not up for debate.

 

[Viki63]

. Lots of people are “disordered” (not exactly a nice word) for procreation through no fault or choice of their own, and they still love people. Shouldnt they be allowed to love and not be alone?

It might not seem right if you think of this life as the only one, our only brief chance for happiness.
But if you don’t think of life as a luxury hotel where we strive to enjoy as many pleasures as possible, but rather as a training camp (as C.S. Lewis says) where we may have to suffer privations and difficulties to make us better people, it makes more sense.

 

[commenter]

but rather as a training camp (as C.S. Lewis says) where we may have to suffer privations and difficulties to make us better people, it makes more sense.

It is in the wealthiest countries where there is the demand for all forms of sexual expression, and redefinition of marriage, as a “right”. The poor in other countries, and the poor in the USA, who know what REAL privation is, generally are conservative.

 

[Viki63]

The poor in other countries, and the poor in the USA, who know what REAL privation is, generally are conservative.

But strangely, in the US, fewer poor people get married; they just live together. I think there’s an expectation of spending a lot of money on expensive weddings that deters some people.

 

[commenter]

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The poor in other countries, and the poor in the USA, who know what REAL privation is, generally are conservative.

But strangely, in the US, fewer poor people get married; they just live together. I think there’s an expectation of spending a lot of money on expensive weddings that deters some people.

It is now much more common than before for wealthy and middle class young adults to cohabitate. The movement away from sexual morality is happening on many fronts.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

But strangely, in the US, fewer poor people get married; they just live together. I think there’s an expectation of spending a lot of money on expensive weddings that deters some people.

That’s not the deterrent. People at all levels of society are living together because they don’t want to commit, which risks having to go through a costly and upsetting legal process to get away should the relationship develop problems. Also, a lot of people nowadays have not seen examples of a good, lasting marriage and thus don’t have any idea how to go about that. And society makes it so they don’t have to bother because there’s no stigma attached to just living together, so they do that.

 

[commenter]

And society makes it so they don’t have to bother because there’s no stigma attached to just living together, so they do that.

Sex has been mostly disconnected from morality. But there still is a lingering stigma in the secular culture attached to promiscuity.

If a man and woman feel “love” for each other, that makes it less bad to commit adultery, or live together out side marriage. They are not promiscuous.

Likewise, the secular justification for gay marriage is that this is less bad than promiscuity.

The road to Hell is paved with less bads. That and Commitment to relationship.