Pope Francis and homosexuality
in the Catholic Church: an analysis
Though Pope Francis has endorsed same-sex civil unions and LGBT+ rights, he continues to perpetuate discrimination against LGBT+ people within the clergy and laity. What's behind the contradiction?
"Who am I to judge gay people?" Pope Francis reportedly said to journalists on a flight back to Rome from Rio de Janeiro after a resounding World Youth Day in July 2013.
Seven years later, the pontiff has returned to the controversial subject of homosexuality in the Catholic Church. In Francesco, a new documentary film about the pope by Evgeny Afineevsky, he says: "Homosexual people have a right to be in a family. They are children of God and have a right to a family. Nobody should be thrown out or be made miserable over it."
Nobody? Even Catholic priests and believers? What's certain is that the Catholic Church's approach to homosexuality is full of contradictions and double standards. After all, the same pope who has now endorsed same-sex civil unions is against same-sex marriage. The same pope who says that people should not be made "miserable" because of their sexual orientation is against gay men joining the clergy.
>>>There are seven texts often cited by Christians to condemn homosexuality:
"Who am I to judge gay people?" Pope Francis reportedly said to journalists on a flight back to Rome from Rio de Janeiro after a resounding World Youth Day in July 2013.
Seven years later, the pontiff has returned to the controversial subject of homosexuality in the Catholic Church. In Francesco, a new documentary film about the pope by Evgeny Afineevsky, he says: "Homosexual people have a right to be in a family. They are children of God and have a right to a family. Nobody should be thrown out or be made miserable over it."
Nobody? Even Catholic priests and believers? What's certain is that the Catholic Church's approach to homosexuality is full of contradictions and double standards. After all, the same pope who has now endorsed same-sex civil unions is against same-sex marriage. The same pope who says that people should not be made "miserable" because of their sexual orientation is against gay men joining the clergy.
>>>There are seven texts often cited by Christians to condemn homosexuality:
- (Genesis 9:20–27)
- (Genesis 19:1–11)
- (Leviticus 18:22)
- (Leviticus 20:13)
- (1 Corinthians 6:9–10)
- (1 Timothy 1:10)
- (Romans 1:26–27)
READ THEM FOR YOURSELF and see if, in your opinion, they are referring to HOMOSEXUALITY or to something else that has nothing to do with HOMOSEXUALITY...
NOW... let's suppose, for the sake of argument, that these 7 passages have NOTHING TO DO with saying that HOMOSEXUALITY from a Biblical perspective is wrong...
What about ABORTION?
Have we been wrong about ABORTION also?
According to John Collins, who wrote an article on October 16, 2020, and I quote: Christians who turn to Scripture to trump political debates on abortion should be reminded that the Bible does not actually say anything at all on the topic. On this issue there is no divine revelation to be had.
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