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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DH is not imposing his need for spiritual life on his DW.  It is the same as if he chose to go to the gym on Sunday morning. I don't understand why OP and some of the other PPs think this is such a big deal. [/quote]

Because they are intolerant, controlling and close-minded and cannot abide that anybody should be different from them. Their way or the highway. [b]They are Right and Elect and everybody else is Wrong and damned[/b]. Yeah they are secular, but they are still acting like Puritan fanatics.[/quote]

[b]The IRONY!  This is exactly what the Catholic Church says!  This is why I left the Catholic Church!  I find it hard to believe OP's DH couldn't find a church that was more respectful of differing beliefs.  [/b]My DH is Catholic but understood why I couldn't be married by a Catholic priest.  We attend a Unitarian Universalist church which nicely accommodates and respects our beliefs.[/quote]

Really? The Catholic Church us hardly culturally exclusionist. That's why it is called "catholic." I have been to mass on almost every continent and find the various expressions and interpretations of the liturgy quite refreshing. I enjoy a traditional Latin mass, but probably found my favorite at a church in Nairobi that contained traditional African elements. I have also been able to connect with people of different cultures throughout the world through my participation in the Catholic Church.

Finally, I would say that those hung up on the Church's teachings in human sexuality don't really quite understand what it fundamentally means to be Catholic. [/quote]

You're referring only to cultural aspects of the services you attended - which I'm sure where quite interesting.   You are overlooking the dogma which does not vary and for which dissent is sparingly tolerated.   I strongly doubt the Catholic Churches you attended had their own interpretations of liturgy - that would be in violation of church teachings.  They may have expressed it differently but the liturgy itself must have conformed.

Having grown up in the Catholic Church and attended Catholic school, I understand quite well the church's teaching on sexuality.  That's one of the many reasons I am not Catholic.  [/quote]

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