Comments on: No LGBT group at Catholic U.

By: Thomas Nowacki

Thomas Nowacki — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:39:53 +0000

I am too a Catholic lifelong the church always refereed new ideas but they as deny their own his when they allowed LGBT or the fact the God they worship is a LGBT. Look at the Laws of the church and see the rules that allow lbgt.

By: Clyde Blassengale Jr.

Clyde Blassengale Jr. — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 03:15:06 +0000

Ryan, when you say 'not stray from the flock,' is 'the flock Catholics' or LGBT people?

By: Clyde Blassengale Jr.

Clyde Blassengale Jr. — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 03:15:06 +0000

Ryan, when you say 'not stray from the flock,' is 'the flock Catholics' or LGBT people?

By: Henry Huot

Henry Huot — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 05:23:02 +0000

As an ordained RC diocesan priest who resigned my ministry several years ago after years of prayer, discernment and spiritual direction, and who is still a RC, I continue to strongly believe that Catholic laity have an obligation to speak their truth on matters of morality, gleaned from their lived experience, to the ordained, including their bishops. I am not suggesting a subjectivism that leaves no room for information from magisterial teachings. But there must be an openness to dialogue by all parties, especially on issues where conscientious, faith-filled folk disagree. I think allowance for respectful dissent must be defended as an option, without the dissenters made to feel that they are being run out of the community of the Church. CUAllies should be applauded because, as LGBTQ students, some of whom may very well dissent from the magisterial teaching on homosexual lifestyle, they are lobbying respectfully for acceptance, and I might add, freedom of conscience. Or do the bishops no longer believe in it?

By: Charlie Fontana

Charlie Fontana — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 04:07:19 +0000

How many times does the catholic church have to slap us in the face before we realize that they don’t want us? It’s an appalling institution from many perspectives, and one can very easily hold any of the beliefs that catholics do without being part of their corrupt, intolerant organization.

I was born into a catholic family, and I’ve got a sister who’s been a nun for a very long time, but I had a parting of the ways with the pope about the time I hit the age of reason — long before Benedict occupied the throne.

By: Ryan Fecteau

Ryan Fecteau — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:13:38 +0000

Thank you for your support! I can tell you that many at CUA have not given up hope… Our convictions and our faith demands that we not stray from the flock and we will not, I promise!

By: Ryan Fecteau

Ryan Fecteau — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:12:29 +0000

We are not going anywhere. CUAllies and our supporters will continue to be at the table!

By: Ryan Fecteau

Ryan Fecteau — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:11:58 +0000

We much work to do! But they have not discouraged us. We are strong!

By: Ryan Fecteau

Ryan Fecteau — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:11:26 +0000

Thank you for your support. As I keep on saying to friends and folks who ask, "Why bother?" The change that our Church needs will not happen unless we are at the table to demand the change. The funny thing is we are not even really asking for change… The Church has long accepted LGBT people as innately LGBT. The Church's sexual teachings, of course, conflict with gay sex. But our group and our message was not about creating a space for meeting "hook-ups" nor was it to advocate for gay marriage. We want to create a space for fellowship and a space that is without question welcoming! Lots of work to be done!

By: Raul Hernandez

Raul Hernandez — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:16:25 +0000

The Catholic University leaders should go back where most so-called Catolic leaders now belong, the Stone Age. This is just one more reason I'm not a Catholic any more.