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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nothing. It was the Arlington diocese treating me terribly when I wanted to marry dh who was a Protestant. The priest flat out said he didn’t want to and needed dh to convert. And when I married him they refused to bless the marriage until he went through rcia. Dh was willing to attend church weekly but he did not want to convert.

I would have loved to have attended weekly and raised my kids catholic (I tried to return a decade later when pregnant and they wouldn’t allow me to baptize the kids either). I still wish I could go back but I’m done with the Arlington diocese. It has to be the most conservative one in the country. The strangest thing because I’ve had cousins who married non Catholics and were still allowed to take communion and attend. [/quote]

Not to take it off-topic, but I’m so sorry that you had this experience. I’m in a different diocese and my Anglican DH and I were married without a problem and we were in a baptismal prep class with same-sex couple parents. Our Catholic school has same-sex couples who are married and are beloved teachers and in spite of what our Archdiocese says, the school community and parish do not even blink at the situation. Luckily our school and parish are thriving so the money that goes back to the archdiocese must be what buys the archbishop’s silence. Gross, but whatever, it’s worth the price. There are people out there practicing Catholicism from a place of love and inclusion, and I hope you find them if you ever decide to come back.[/quote]

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