Catholic godparent question
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Anonymous
| Can you choose two godparents that are the same sex? |
Anonymous
OP here, priest got back to me and apparently the answer is no. I have to say I think this is ridiculous rule. |
Anonymous
| If it helps broaden the pool, only one needs to be Catholic. |
Anonymous
Interesting. Never looked this up before: “ Can. 873 There is to be only one male sponsor or one female sponsor or one of each.” So it looks like you can get by with one but if you want a pair they have to be diverse. Technically, a non-Catholic “godparent” is a witness but not a sponsor because they themselves are not members. |
Anonymous
| It’s not that I don’t have men to ask, it’s that I’d like to honor two aunts. I feel like having all the aunts and uncles be god parents to my kids except one is awkward, and this is my last baby. |
Anonymous
In Catholicism, the rule is that one godparent must have a penis and one must have a vagina. |
Anonymous
Would you think it was OK to mock Islam this way? Judaism? Hinduism? How is it that anti-Catholic bigotry is OK? |
Anonymous
+1 the weird entitlement attitude about people regarding the sacraments is so weird. if you don't like the rules there are lots of other faiths that will let you have a baptism and make up your own rules. and bonus, you can still be a bigot! |
Anonymous
Agreed. It’s clear that some religious beliefs are ok to mock and denigrate and others are off limits. |
Anonymous
It isn't bigotry and it isn't mocking. According to OP, It's accurate, |
Anonymous
| No one cares. I am godfather two kids have. I clue who? Always mix it up. |
Anonymous
THIS is the ridiculous rule that bothers you about Catholicism? Oh honey. |
Anonymous
OP here, That Catholic church has other rules that I have deep disagreement with, and that I think are wrong. At this point, DH and I have chosen to stay in the faith and advocate for change within. I wouldn't call a rule like denying sacramental marriage to same sex couples "ridiculous'. I'd call it wrong. This rule, is just stupid. It's not evil. It's not something I am going to waste my time advocating against. It's just a dumb rule. If the rule was that every kid has to have a god parent parent of each gender? Yeah, maybe i could understand that, although I'd disagree. But you can have just one, so that's not it. Someone suggested it's because they think of the godparents as a "couple", but I know plenty of kids whose godparents are siblings to each other, and the church didn't blink at that. So, yes, this is a ridiculous rule. |
Anonymous
| My BFF follows the eastern rite church, and she had a male godfather for her ds, and two female godmothers. Perhaps see if they will let you have two godmothers in addition to The Godfather. It would probably have to be ceremonial (ie, not on the paperwork), but it would be nice if she could stand there for the ceremony and be known in the family as the child’s godmother. |
Anonymous
| ^ stupid phone thought I was talking about the movie! Ugh. |