2011-06-08, 10:51 PM
Wow, Halton Catholic District School Board was mentioned in the article. My elementary/high school was in that district.
I remember when a priest in training came to our religion class to answer questions we had about religion. One girl asked what the Church thought about gay people and he said something along the lines of, "we don't hate gay people, but it's when they have intercourse that they are sinning because God wanted intercourse to be between a man and a woman only."
Not something I agree with. In fact, I don't really agree with the Catholic Church. Who are they to say being gay is wrong and you must live your life either celibate with your partner or "force" yourself to be with the opposite sex when you are not even sexually attracted to them. We're taught that God loves everyone equally and we're all created in his image but the Church contradicts this a lot. I call myself Catholic and went through Communion and Confirmation but I prefer to listen to the good teachings of the Bible rather than the forced opinions of the Church. Besides, I don't really take priests seriously when there have been so many child molestation cases from them.
Also, I find it amusing people actually believe being gay is a choice. There are animals that have homosexual intercourse. Who is to say it's unnatural? I may be a heterosexual and a Catholic but I won't ever discriminate against someone because they were born to like the same sex.
I remember when a priest in training came to our religion class to answer questions we had about religion. One girl asked what the Church thought about gay people and he said something along the lines of, "we don't hate gay people, but it's when they have intercourse that they are sinning because God wanted intercourse to be between a man and a woman only."
Not something I agree with. In fact, I don't really agree with the Catholic Church. Who are they to say being gay is wrong and you must live your life either celibate with your partner or "force" yourself to be with the opposite sex when you are not even sexually attracted to them. We're taught that God loves everyone equally and we're all created in his image but the Church contradicts this a lot. I call myself Catholic and went through Communion and Confirmation but I prefer to listen to the good teachings of the Bible rather than the forced opinions of the Church. Besides, I don't really take priests seriously when there have been so many child molestation cases from them.
Also, I find it amusing people actually believe being gay is a choice. There are animals that have homosexual intercourse. Who is to say it's unnatural? I may be a heterosexual and a Catholic but I won't ever discriminate against someone because they were born to like the same sex.