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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And yet the general attitude toward people who have sex while using birth control or outside of marriage is a bit more, shall we say, lenient than the attitude toward those of us who have sex with people of the same gender.

I think the Pope's statement was a huge step forward, simply because he dared to say that being gay isn't something he's prepared to judge.

I'd love to see more of his flock follow suit.[/quote]

I'm 17:59 and I agree that there is, at least among lay Americans, much more of a don't ask don't tell attitude when it comes to birth control and extramarital sex.  That being said, I stated what I did partly to make the point that, despite what many on DCUM would believe, the Catholic Church doesn't "hate gays" doesn't "discriminate against gays".  Its position on homosexual sex is completely consistent with its stance on any form of sex that isn't between a married man and woman who are open to having children (i.e. not trying to prevent it with birth control).  That's very different from hating or judging people themselves.

He's only been pope a short while, but I think we will see some real evolutions in the Church over the coming years.  No, not as much as many might want, but for a 2,000yr old institution I think some of those shifts will be a long time in coming.[/quote]

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