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#SayingSomethingPositive about LGBT Catholics

One Jesuit priest wants unqualified statements of support for LGBT Catholics.
Michael J. O'Loughlin

Every once in awhile, some Catholic bishops who lead the charge against same-sex marriage or other issues important to the LGBT community like to dial it back a bit. They might say something about God loving all God’s children, including gays and lesbians. But it’s usually qualified, along the now theologically-discredited “love the sinner hate the sin” lines.

But one prominent Catholic priest is having none of it.

The Jesuit Jim Martin has asked why Catholic bishops are seemingly unable to make an unqualified statement of God’s love for LGBT people. He wrote:


I would love to see a Catholic leader make an unabashedly positive statement about gays and lesbian Catholics, without including a critique.

He took to Twitter to give some examples:

Others joined in:

You can join the conversation on Twitter by using the hashtag #SayingSomethingPositive. Make sure to follow @JamesMartinSJ, @RNS, and how about @mikeoloughlin while you’re at it.

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