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  • I'm Gay, but I'm Not Switching to a Church That Supports Gay Marriage

    06/18/2014 12:16:25 PM PDT · by Mrs. Don-o · 276 replies
    The Atlantic ^ | May 30, 2013 | Eve Tushnet
    When I became Catholic in 1998, as a college sophomore, I didn't know any other gay Christians. I'd been raised in a kind of pointillist Reform Judaism... This sheltered upbringing may help explain my sunny undergraduate confidence that even though I knew of literally nobody else who had ever tried to be both unashamedly gay and obediently Catholic, I was totally going to do it. No problem, guys, I got this. [snip] [M]any Christian churches are beginning to integrate gay marriage into their theology... With so many more options for gay Christians, why [not] just de-pope myself? It's that I...