YouTube celebrating "pride" today

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It sure is hard to be Catholic in society today. Anyone else agree? It seems especially hard lately because same-sex marriage is a big debate. Anyone noticing how it’s everywhere now? Songs, TV, videos, websites…
 
It does seem like we’ve passed the tipping point whereby businesses feel there is more to be gained from showing support to the LGBT agenda than by saying nothing at all.
 
All we can do now is pray 😦

Lord Jesus Christ, these people do not know what sin they’re getting into. Lord, rebuke the devil and their rampant beliefs and sinful ways.

Haily Mary Full of Grace the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jeus. Holy Mary Mother of God, pray for us sinner now and at the hour of our death Amen. +++
 
It’s not just businesses. There are LGBT-only career fairs, LGBT-specific support offices at universities (and, I’d expect some high schools), LGBT-employee groups (but not, I must say , Christian employee groups at most workplaces). LGBT activism is cause celébre for many Americans, certainly for the wealthy, the powerful, the influential. It’s a way of boosting credibility by showing off your diversity stripes.

Some have said that there’s a faddishness to the excitement around LGBT activism, and there probably is to a point. We’ll likely turn our influencer-seeking eyes towards this “white privilege awareness” nonsense at some point in the near future.

I plan on not using Google or YouTube today. I’m actually a bit bothered by Google’s insistence that I post my full name (from my gmail account) to my YouTube account, where I primarily have videos of my kids to share with their grandparents who live in other states. No, I don’t want some dufus to be able to look me up - I like the anonymity and that’s why I dont’ list my videos, even though somehow people I don’t know are able to comment on them.
 
Yeah, I saw the rainbow heart icon and figured that’s what it meant. 😦

Whatever. Ya know? Just let 'em make their statement. Makes no difference to me. I’m not going to suddenly change my mind, ‘Yay! Youtube supports gay stuff! Now I do, too!’
 
Do we as Americans get to choose the kind of handbasket we go to He-- in.🤷
 
kittensrule said:
It sure is hard to be Catholic in society today. Anyone else agree? It seems especially hard lately because same-sex marriage is a big debate. Anyone noticing how it’s everywhere now? Songs, TV, videos, websites…
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All swimming in the same cess pool. What boobs. Linus2bd
 
kittensrule said:
It sure is hard to be Catholic in society today. Anyone else agree? It seems especially hard lately because same-sex marriage is a big debate. Anyone noticing how it’s everywhere now? Songs, TV, videos, websites…
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I don’t think of it as hard but it sure is lonely! Sometimes I feel like the only person among my family and friends who sees how far off course society is and is still going. And I’m too chicken to speak up when I know I’ll either get an angry response or (sometimes worse!) apathy.
 
Well, Google owns Youtube, so I am not surprised by either having a gay-day. It is quite disheartening that companies feel the need to be pro-LGBT. While I would prefer them to be pro-Jesus instead, barring that, I wish they’d at least be neutral. Keep business to business, and quit celebrating immorality in the bedroom.

Any suggestions for a Google alternative that doesn’t feel the need to join rainbow connection?
 
epiclotus said:
It is quite disheartening that companies feel the need to be pro-LGBT. … Keep business to business, and quit celebrating immorality in the bedroom.
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It’s baffling to me that anyone, business, organization, anyone, feels that much interest in discussing anyone’s sexual behavior. How is this really any different from a masturbators’ support group (sorry to be crude), or a place of business having a ‘support group’ for, or a day to celebrate, bdsm or open marriage??? On the face of it, it simply makes no sense, except in the context of spiritual warfare.
 
holyrood said:
It’s baffling to me that anyone, business, organization, anyone, feels that much interest in discussing anyone’s sexual behavior. How is this really any different from a masturbators’ support group (sorry to be crude), or a place of business having a ‘support group’ for, or a day to celebrate, bdsm or open marriage??? On the face of it, it simply makes no sense, except in the context of spiritual warfare.
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Very good point, I completely agree!
 
epiclotus said:
Keep business to business, and quit celebrating immorality in the bedroom.
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holyrood said:
It’s baffling to me that anyone, business, organization, anyone, feels that much interest in discussing anyone’s sexual behavior. How is this really any different from a masturbators’ support group (sorry to be crude), or a place of business having a ‘support group’ for, or a day to celebrate, bdsm or open marriage??? On the face of it, it simply makes no sense, except in the context of spiritual warfare.
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To be fair, it’s not like it’s something that only affects the bedroom. It seems that most people’s relationships are still relationships of some kind, and that means they affect several aspects of their lives, not just sexual conduct.

Put it this way- say that a heterosexual person were talking about getting married to their significant other. We’d find it really weird if someone responded with “nobody wants to know what’s happening in your bedroom!” Mostly because they’re not directly talking about sex- if they were, we would consider that inappropriate.

Now, you and I know why gay marrige is wrong. We know why premarital sex in general is wrong. However, it undermines our case if we reduce the LGBT activists’ goals to just accepting their sexual practices. They want us to accept an entire lifestyle. They want us to celebrate their relationships as we celebrate our own. That’s wrong, but it’s not because talking about gay people = talking about sex = inappropriate. At least no more than with heterosexual couples. 🤷
 
Simply put, we can’t trust government or even the heads of governments. The Bible says so and the Catechism echoes that.

Change will have to come about at the grassroots level. We have to witness to Truth by our lives and our prayer life. In some ways we’re in the same boat that the first Christians were in and being forced to live in a morally corrupt empire.

Pray. Hope. Don’t Worry (we all know who said that).
 
What Christians don’t seem to realize is that, just because the Bible or the Catechism says so, does not necessarily mean it is so.
 
Kamaduck said:
To be fair, it’s not like it’s something that only affects the bedroom. It seems that most people’s relationships are still relationships of some kind, and that means they affect several aspects of their lives, not just sexual conduct.

Put it this way- say that a heterosexual person were talking about getting married to their significant other. We’d find it really weird if someone responded with “nobody wants to know what’s happening in your bedroom!” Mostly because they’re not directly talking about sex- if they were, we would consider that inappropriate.

Now, you and I know why gay marrige is wrong. We know why premarital sex in general is wrong. However, it undermines our case if we reduce the LGBT activists’ goals to just accepting their sexual practices. They want us to accept an entire lifestyle. They want us to celebrate their relationships as we celebrate our own. That’s wrong, but it’s not because talking about gay people = talking about sex = inappropriate. At least no more than with heterosexual couples. 🤷
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Why do you people think that it’s not OK for a homosexual person to talk about their personal life while they are at work, just like everyone else? DADT actually required people to LIE. Is THAT what Jesus would do? We are NOT talking about people discussing their sex lives or sexual preferences at work. But MOST people will talk about their families, their significant others, their children, what they did over the weekend, etc., with people at work. Anti-gay people seem to think that any gay person speaking about their family or who they live with, is talking about “sex” or “sexual preference” or even “gay sex”! That is just absurd.
 
kathyhumanist said:
What Christians don’t seem to realize is that, just because the Bible or the Catechism says so, does not necessarily mean it is so.
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It is in our worldview, and that’s the important distinction that you’re overlooking. In your worldview, judging by the handle and religious choice you’ve put, there is no God. That is your belief, and you cannot empirically prove or disprove that fact. As Christians, we take the words of Jesus and the witnesses to the events of his life as truth. That is the only proof we can offer, and it is up to you to decide whether or not to agree. Disagreement does not validate either position, and thus, there will never be universal reconciliation of the two opposing views.

If we are right, then the lives many LGBT choose to live will condemn them to Hell. If you are right, then what we fight for has no universal meaning beyond what we define for ourselves as a society, and thus the supposed harm we cause by trying to preserve a traditional definition of marriage is just so much meaningless nonsense in the universe. If you are right, no right is inalienable because there is no higher power than our own judgment and reason. If you are right, then love is really a meaningless concept that we fool ourselves into believing. Life has no meaning if you are right, save what you decide for yourself to give it, which has no greater significance beyond your own worldview.
 
epiclotus said:
It is in our worldview, and that’s the important distinction that you’re overlooking. In your worldview, judging by the handle and religious choice you’ve put, there is no God. That is your belief, and you cannot empirically prove or disprove that fact. As Christians, we take the words of Jesus and the witnesses to the events of his life as truth. That is the only proof we can offer, and it is up to you to decide whether or not to agree. Disagreement does not validate either position, and thus, there will never be universal reconciliation of the two opposing views.

If we are right, then the lives many LGBT choose to live will condemn them to Hell. If you are right, then what we fight for has no universal meaning beyond what we define for ourselves as a society, and thus the supposed harm we cause by trying to preserve a traditional definition of marriage is just so much meaningless nonsense in the universe. If you are right, no right is inalienable because there is no higher power than our own judgment and reason. If you are right, then love is really a meaningless concept that we fool ourselves into believing. Life has no meaning if you are right, save what you decide for yourself to give it, which has no greater significance beyond your own worldview.
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I’m glad that you realize that disagreement does not validate either position. But I don’t understand why you think that if I am right, then “love is really a meaningless concept that we fool ourselves into believing”. In my opinion, love is extremely meaningful! Without love, what meaning would life have? Just because I don’t believe in God does not mean that I don’t believe in love…We just have very different concepts of what love is.
 
kathyhumanist said:
Why do you people think that it’s not OK for a homosexual person to talk about their personal life while they are at work, just like everyone else? DADT actually required people to LIE. Is THAT what Jesus would do? We are NOT talking about people discussing their sex lives or sexual preferences at work. But MOST people will talk about their families, their significant others, their children, what they did over the weekend, etc., with people at work. Anti-gay people seem to think that any gay person speaking about their family or who they live with, is talking about “sex” or “sexual preference” or even “gay sex”! That is just absurd.
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I’m not sure why you quoted my post, since most of it says exactly what you replied with. :ehh:

Obviously taking about a same-sex significant other =/= talking about sex, and I’m pretty sure I just said that. I also said that celebrating those inappropriate sexual relationships is wrong, but NOT because the participants are talking about sex in public. Because they aren’t, usually.
 
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