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I'm Gay, but I'm Not Switching to a Church That Supports Gay Marriage
The Atlantic ^
| May 30, 2013
| Eve Tushnet
Posted on 06/18/2014 12:16:25 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o
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To: tbpiper
You aren't giving the whole quote.
Right after she said "I knew of literally nobody else who had ever tried to be both unashamedly gay and obediently Catholic" and expressed her belief in her ability to do so, in the very next paragraph she says, "Things look different now."
She admits that she could not do the thing she expressed so confidently that she could do, that is, be both unashamedly gay and obediently Catholic. One had to give way, and for her, being an obedient Catholic won out over being "unashamedly gay".
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posted on
06/18/2014 1:48:30 PM PDT
by
CA Conservative
(Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
To: DavidLSpud
Go and sin no more. Based on what she wrote, that is the choice she made.
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posted on
06/18/2014 1:49:31 PM PDT
by
CA Conservative
(Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
To: PeterPrinciple
Jesus wasnt afraid to offend. He spoke the truth and then said go and sin no more. He didnt chase anyone. Jesus came to divide. There is no middle ground. Actually, what He said was "NEITHER DO I CONDEMN YOU, go and soon no more" - and that was after He showed up all of those who were condemning her to be HYPOCRITES.
Did you FORGET that part?
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posted on
06/18/2014 1:50:19 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: piusv
I do wonder whether they cut her article-length, as editors sometimes do. I too, noticed that she was promising "more on this" but didn't expand on that.
She doesn't expound on it, she merely touches on it, here
" If I believed that Catholicism condemned gay people to a barren, loveless life, I would not be Catholic, full stop."
Then she goes on to expound just a tiny bit on purity/chaste friendship.
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posted on
06/18/2014 1:50:41 PM PDT
by
Mrs. Don-o
("Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future." - Oscar Wilde)
To: ravenwolf
How can you give your all to the church if you are eyeing all of the pretty women or worse (puke ) another man?Oh for Pete's sake. That's the last time I attempt to make a point on FR regarding human nature and my own experience. Someone's bound to come along and go Full Retard on you.
To: Up Yours Marxists
Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. I'm not sure what you meant to prove in quoting this verse. It seems that this whole article is about this young woman learning she had to flee from sexual immorality in order to be a good Catholic. As a result, she became chaste and abstinent. She may still have the temptations, but she does not act on them.
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posted on
06/18/2014 1:57:48 PM PDT
by
CA Conservative
(Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
To: PeterPrinciple
I don't know what to make of your remarks. You don't seem to notice several things:
- That she is single, abstinent, and chaste
- that she "disagrees, sometimes sharply" with other friends/acquaintances about this
- that she notices that so-called "gay friendly Christians'" "preexisting theologynot only on marriage but on creation, embodiment, and Scriptural interpretationhas begun to shift to match the new unisex or gender-neutral model of marriage"---- which means they are upending their entre so-called "belief system" to accommodate this shift on "gay": Tushnet does not approve.
And this article is, precisely, speaking the truth to them.
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posted on
06/18/2014 1:59:43 PM PDT
by
Mrs. Don-o
("Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future." - Oscar Wilde)
To: CA Conservative
I’m not sure what the point is of most of the posts that are against this woman.
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posted on
06/18/2014 1:59:45 PM PDT
by
piusv
To: PeterPrinciple
I don't know what to make of your remarks. You don't seem to notice several things:
- That she is single, abstinent, and chaste
- that she "disagrees, sometimes sharply" with other friends/acquaintances about this
- that she notices that so-called "gay friendly Christians'" "preexisting theologynot only on marriage but on creation, embodiment, and Scriptural interpretationhas begun to shift to match the new unisex or gender-neutral model of marriage"---- which means they are upending their entire so-called "belief system" to accommodate this shift on "gay": Tushnet, describing this, does not approve.
And this article is, precisely, speaking the truth to them.
Well done, too.
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posted on
06/18/2014 2:01:08 PM PDT
by
Mrs. Don-o
("Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future." - Oscar Wilde)
To: dps.inspect
I'm probably not understanding who you're referring to. Who, in this case, is calling light darkness and darkness light?
Thanks.
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posted on
06/18/2014 2:04:21 PM PDT
by
Mrs. Don-o
("Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future." - Oscar Wilde)
To: CA Conservative
Thanks for noticing that, CA Conservative!
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posted on
06/18/2014 2:05:20 PM PDT
by
Mrs. Don-o
("Greater love has no man than that he lay down his life for his friends")
To: tbpiper
The point is she's not seeking God, being unappolongeticly homosexual.Exactly where in her article did she say such a thing?
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posted on
06/18/2014 2:06:12 PM PDT
by
al_c
(Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
To: Up Yours Marxists
My friend Eve (how vulgar you are, to call her a dumb insulting name) is single, abstinent and chaste, i.e. "a Christian battling lustful, sinful thoughts and deeds."
Why do you have a problem with that?
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posted on
06/18/2014 2:07:21 PM PDT
by
Mrs. Don-o
("Greater love has no man than that he lay down his life for his friends")
To: Cletus.D.Yokel
Read it again ... she was talking about the love of friends, not homosexual intercourse. The bible does indeed speak of that kind of love.
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posted on
06/18/2014 2:07:56 PM PDT
by
al_c
(Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
To: Up Yours Marxists
Who’s using the Lord’s Name in vain?
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posted on
06/18/2014 2:08:58 PM PDT
by
Mrs. Don-o
("Greater love has no man than that he lay down his life for his friends")
To: mulligan
Gay Christian? Is that not an oxymoronic use of words?Only if you believe "sinning Christian" is an oxymoron as well.
But yes, there are indeed many hypocritical "Christians" that openly practice homosexual activities and are proud of it. This gal appears to be one that is earnestly seeking God and truth.
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posted on
06/18/2014 2:10:06 PM PDT
by
al_c
(Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
To: piusv; All
"Your Bible reference seems off...typo? Romans 1:25-17?" Mea culpa. I glad that at least one person caught that error, not that I can fix it.
Romans 1:25-27
To: dragonblustar
Thank you for your comment. I think it would be well to pray for her and for each other.
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posted on
06/18/2014 2:12:30 PM PDT
by
Mrs. Don-o
( "Let us commend ourselves and each other, and all our life unto Christ our God." Liturgy of St.John)
To: Mrs. Don-o
She's not asking to be applauded for being gay. She's asking to be understood that she's chosen chastity, for Christ's sake.LOL! Now, keep the cussin to a minimum, please ; )
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posted on
06/18/2014 2:18:34 PM PDT
by
roamer_1
(Globalism is just socialism in a business suit.)
To: Amendment10
Not a problem. Thank you for that Bible reference.
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posted on
06/18/2014 2:21:49 PM PDT
by
piusv
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