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Anyone who thinks that we Catholics are all running around hating and judging gays just don't get us.  They're certainly not going to Mass with us (where gay sh*t is never discussed) and they're not having dinner with us.  Sure, from time to time some bishop or somebody in Rome says something about the gays -- we roll our eyes and go on with our day.

There's a lot of "official" stuff that I don't like about many other mainstream religions.  I don't judge every member of those faiths for that stuff.  If you are judging every Catholic for every official tenet of the religion it makes you a bigot.  Plain and simple.     
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If the official stance of the religion is that being gay is a sin and abortion is a sin, you can’t really blame people for assuming those are your beliefs. There are also very high profile conservative Catholics wreaking havoc on our country right now, so people are going to be reactionary.[/quote]

DP: First, of course you can blame a person for making a bigotted assumption. You know full well that people can be personally pro life and politically pro choice -- there are tons of such people in the Democratic party. I'm sure you know Catholics get abortions, have IVF, use birth control, and have sex before marraige too, even if they believe it is a sin. You also know full well that there are a lot of gay Catholics with loving friends and family members who are also Catholic. To "assume" otherwise is bigoty.

Notwithstanding the Church's teaching, Catholics who may or may not follow the Church teaching on this personally, can also understand and recognize that it is not the government's place to pick one religion or religious view over many others, particularly when they aren't even sure the Church is getting these right. And you know this because you see it at work in your own government (our government has more D Catholics than R Cahtolics, btw), so again, don't pretend your "assumption" is not bigotry. To assume every Catholic would form the exact same legal argument as any given judge or Justice, or hold the same position on controversial legal or political topics, is frankly ridiculous. You cannot honestly hold that position given the reality of political splits among Catholics, including those in various offices, unless you are acting out of bigotted emotion instead of rational thought.[/quote]

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