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February 20, 2012 6:54 pm

Anonymous: isn't if Catholics that are gay, live a chaste life they are in good standing with the church? like as long as they don't act on anything they are ok?

Yes! We love everyone and anyone.

As Niko just pointed out, it’s not wrong to have homosexual tendencies. It’s wrong to act on them because the homosexual act is disorded (i.e. it may fulfill the unitive aspect of sex but it can never fulfill the procreative aspect).

-Olivier

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