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The Catholic church regards Marriage as a Sacrament, binding of body and spirit, and therefore a Religious Ceremony! :) And yes, I'm Catholic and I have absolutely nothing against gays etc.

I think that's the main point here. For some, marriage is a holy ritual, only to be done between a man and a woman. For some, it's just a sort of formal contract, a try to bond two people together and give them rights and duties. I would like to state that most marriages don't really have much to do with the former, but with the later, aspecially if you see how many choose a divorce later - which is as well only possible with the later, according to the catholic church. If this two things weren't so much tied together, the whole thing would not be that much of a problem, at least not in my view.

As it's said already in this thread - Jesus isn't really famous for hating people, but for forgiveness. When I look at the Sermon on the Mount then I don't read anything about going to other peope and force them to live "the right way". I think that a main part of Jesus teaching was to leave the judgement to God. If the christians who disapprove gays would live up to that, all should be fine.

A ship in port is safe; but that is not what ships are built for.
Sail out to sea and do new things.
-"Amazing Grace" Hopper

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