Catholics Gay Marriage

In Pew Research Center polling in 2001, Americans opposed same-sex marriage by a margin of 57% to 35%. Since then, support for same-sex marriage has steadily

Overview As support for gay marriage continues to increase, nearly three-quarters of Americans – 72% – say that legal recognition of same-sex marriage is

Marriage, also known as matrimony, is a sacrament in the Catholic Church; it is the union of one male to one female in order to come closer to God and is the appropriate venue in which to bear ren.

U.S. Catholics Open to Non-Traditional Families. 45% of Americans Are Catholic or Connected to Catholicism

A new report released by the Vatican Monday suggests a softening in tone—if not in policy—toward gays and gay marriage.

Catholic teaching condemns homosexual acts as gravely immoral, while holding that gay people “must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity”, and “every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided” “The Catholic Church holds that, as a state beyond a person’s choice, being homosexual is not wrong or sinful in

Marriage is intrinsically linked to sex so it is important that one has a good grasp of the role of sexual intercourse before one can delve into the topic of same-sex marriage.[widgets_on_pages id=”In Post Ad”] At the most fundamental level, a gay marriage is impossible because the same-sex couple can never consummate their marriage…

On Friday, once-Catholic Ireland will hold a referendum to enshrine gay “marriage” into its Constitution. If passed (and it looks certain it will, as over half the voting age population – most of whom are nominal Catholics- will votes for this), Ireland will become the first country in the whole world to enshrine unnatural relationships in

Friday’s Supreme Court decision to legalize gay marriage across the country presents an interesting moment for Catholics in the U.S. The church opposes gay marriage, and this likely won’t change even under Pope Francis the Troublemaker.

The Catholic Church follows an episcopal polity, led by bishops who have received the sacrament of Holy Orders who are given formal jurisdictions of governance within the …