The message by Pope Francis that the Catholic Church will not bless same sex marriages doesn't come as a surprise. In fact, it has been part of religious doctrine for many hundreds of years. The Anglican Church itself has been in trouble because several branches of the Protestant communion reject the liberal attitudes of the English branch with regards to women as priests and with regards to homosexuality.
In fact, the Bible is about Adam and Eve, not Jenny and Mary or Peter and John. It is assumed that God is male - Father - and the emphasis is on the biological duality of Man and Woman.
The Church doesn't ignore the fact that in the real world there are heterosexual people, bisexual people and homosexual people, apart from other categories that you can imagine like pansexual or asexual.
The Catholic Church is not about Evolution. It is about Creed. The fact remains that if you are going to join any club, it is assumed that you sign up to the principles, rules and regulations of the said club. LGBT Catholics is a contradiction in terms. Despite the fact that there is homosexuality within the Catholic Church (the Catholic Church cannot escape the realities of humanity), there is the understanding that whoever calls himsels a Catholic will live by the principles of Catholicism.
Having said that, you have the choice to maintain your life choices by joining other religious denominations that allow you to maintain your life choices. Therefore, the confrontation between those who want to promote LGBT messages and the Catholic Church is totally unnecessary. You can join another Church or Religion, you can practice your religion privately as your dialogue between you and God or you can do without any religion whatsoever.
What people do in private as part of consensual activities is their business as long as they don't violate laws and regulations established to protect vulnerable adults and children. The same goes for religion. You either believe or don't believe. You don't need Churches or religious organisations to believe.
The LGBT movement is a political movement that is constantly trying to force the rest of society to live by what they stand for. This is where the problem arises. Other people are also entitled to live according to their own beliefs. If the Catholic Church chooses to stand for and to stick to their beliefs, so be it. You don't have to be a member of the Catholic Church. Nobody forces you to be or to become a member of the Catholic Church. Inquisitions should be a thing of the past. By seeking to impose a Forced Conversion of the Catholic Church, the LGBT movement is shooting itself in the foot.
Individuals who seek to be respected regardless of gender differences or life choices should understand that trying to force the Catholic Church to accept something that the Catholic Church couldn't accept because it goes against the Creed violates freedom of choice. If you don't like the club, join another club or create a club of your own.
Personally, I treat everybody fairly as individuals, regadless of gender or sexual orientation. I do not demonise people because of their gender or sexual orientation. Having said that, the Catholic Church has the legitimate right to stick to the Catholic Creed.
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