How to Reconcile Your Faith and Your Sexuality

[@jeffwatkins352]

So glad I never had to go through this, and heartfelt sympathy for those who do. Excellent video to help you with that struggle.

[@jboremus]

Incredible video. Very deep and thought-provoking topic. Love the quote at the end.

[@ItTakesCourage]

Thanks so much!!! That's one of my favorite prayers. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@salusalu9574]

Thank you for this video. I really need it 💕💖

[@felicia_cbn]

I am bisexual. After I realised who I really am I started feeling weird and I still do. I feel sometimes like I don't belong at the church, there they teach young kids that "gay is wrong, disgusting and against God"...I feel really weird being there since it hurts hearing those things. In my country, we don't have those kind of churches you mentioned in this video so it's really hard for the people from the queer community . Thank you a lot for this video, it made me realize a lot of things.

[@ItTakesCourage]

I'm so glad it helped you! Even if you don't have lgbt-affirming churches in your country, I hope you can still find a community. They're out there somewhere!

[@felicia_cbn]

@@ItTakesCourage Thank you a lot! I am sure they are out there somewhere and I can't wait to find out where since I do feel like I don't wanna leave God but I can't change who I am ,as you mentioned in the video, we can still be who we want but still be with God, and that helped a lot. Thank you again!

[@JamesMC04]

Videos like yours help gay Catholics like me to stay in the Church. Thank you 🤗😄😁

[@ItTakesCourage]

Thank you! That means so much to hear!

[@JamesMC04]

@@ItTakesCourage Your reply means a great deal too 🤗 It is really important for those of us who are both Catholic & gay to be able to make a home for ourselves in the Church. Videos like this help towards that.

[@callunas]

Thank you for this. I (female, bisexual) wanted to the join the Catholic church some years ago, then had a tradcat bf that, on top of being abusive and controlling was extremely homophobic and bigoted in other ways. He took me to a parish where the priest ranted for the entire homily against pride. It scared me away from the faith. I still believe in God and feel drawn to Catholicism but I am not ready to go back. I hope I will find myself with my relationship to God intact at the end of this path.

[@GustavoRodriguez-qr5po]

❤

[@cloudydays2877]

I honestly used to think I would have to choose between being myself or staying faithful to Christianity, but then I learned that it’s ok to be both, and I learned how to be a more loving and accepting person

[@keithmoondaddy]

well done. thank you.

[@connorbrown4633]

I needed this desperately. I grew up in the nondenominational Evangelical world. I have recently felt the calling to become Catholic because honestly the Catholic Church has a far kinder and respectful view than the faith world I grew up in. But obviously there is still room for growth and learning in the church. I attended mass for the first time on Sunday and it was truly a beautiful experience. I feel like God is calling me to come closer to Him. I really needed this encouragement that I can become Catholic while still being queer.

[@ItTakesCourage]

I'm so glad this helped you! It means the world to me to hear that that was your response. Like you said, it's not an easy journey, but I hope you find your home in the Church. Best of luck!

[@jor1870]

I know this video is 3 years old, but I’ve been struggling with a similar issue and wanted to comment. I am asexual and Catholic. I’ve supported the LGBTQ+ community and their right to love for years. I have friends that are in the LGBTQ+ community. I myself am not a homosexual, but I do believe that they should be treated with kindness and respect, just like any normal human being. I’ve always seen the church’s opinion on them very backwards and almost non-sensical. Recently, I’ve been having panic attacks about this conflict I have with these values of mine, thinking like I can’t have one without the other. I go to a church that has a priest that teaches this “all or nothing” mentality. I’ve always disagreed with it, but also a part of me was afraid that he could be right. I’ve questioned leaving the church for a while, but thought I could never do it. Mixed with my own religious trauma, I was just left feeling miserable, lost and devastated that I had to rip myself in pieces just to exist. But then I came across your channel, and I find your videos and especially this one extremely healing to me. I think I managed to reflect on myself for a bit, but hearing your story and denouncing the “all or nothing” mentality just spoke so much to me. I feel heard and I feel loved for the first time in a while! I feel like I understand my faith and my beliefs, even if just a little bit! So, in short, thank you so so much! Your videos rock! ❤

[@marleenrosemary1871]

I am not Catholic all Ik is I am Christian and have struggled with my gender identity and religion so thank you for making this it has helped ease me a little especially after my father has used my faith against me and he is very homophobic and transphobic so thank you ITC 🏳️‍🌈✝️

[@nicholass2310]

as a straight catholic , the door is open to everyone , what i mean by that is you can be a gay or lesbian to be a catholic because on matthew 7:8 to the one who knows the door will be open(meaning that who ever it is , a sinner or a pedo or anything the door will always be open because Jesus loves ya)

[@ThatTheologyTeacher]

Beautifully done!

[@ItTakesCourage]

Thanks so much! Glad you like it!

[@jackofallspades4114]

I'm just gonna put it out there, you have really good handwriting

[@ItTakesCourage]

Thank you :)

[@micmikeman6865]

@@ItTakesCourage Amazing drawing skills too!!!

[@ItTakesCourage]

@@micmikeman6865 Aw, thanks! 😊

[@micmikeman6865]

@@ItTakesCourage :D

[@eugeniocorpuz8338]

I'm a member of Dignity USA . You can also look into New Ways Ministry and Call to Action for support from progressive Catholics.

[@dualscreengrant]

This is going to be disappointing to everyone, but I'm not Catholic anymore. I was Catholic for over 30 years. They are strongly against the death with dignity movement, and I'm very supportive of the death with dignity movement. I still believe in God, but I'm not a member of any church or religious group. I don't understand why dogs and cats are mercifully euthanized when they have a terminal illness, but humans are forced to experience a slow and painful death. I can't practice a religion that goes against my conscience. The first thing Catholics are going to say to me is that people who die of suicide go to hell. That's what the volunteer told me when I called the suicide hotline. My options are to stop being religious or to convert to a religion that doesn't view suicide as a sin.

[@NotABushFan1]

Thanks for the video, in the mid-80s I joined and was baptized in a Catholic Church, for many reasons I stopped going, Now I am the T in the LGBTQ and found a church, UUC that teaches the Love of God, still I see a lot of good that I had as a Catholic. Thanks.

[@ItTakesCourage]

Completely understandable. Glad you found a church that was a better fit!

[@susabara]

Thank you!

[@jackqueslack2339]

I’m not gay but I am religious, but I’ve always been curious on how a Muslim can reconcile their sexuality with faith because a higher percentage of Muslims are against homosexuality than Christians.

[@handicappuccino8491]

Who really knows how to interpret religious text at the end of the day

[@dansaber8435]

You can be LGBT and Catholic no problem

[@EuropeanQoheleth]

Nonono this is relativism.

[@austro_hungarian_nostalgia]

Levitivus 18:22 Levitivus 20:13 Romans 1:26-27 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 1 Timothy 1:8-11 Homosexuality is a mortal sin, period.

[@RobX-l7b]

nope

[@user-sf5fk6ox4c]

@mrmasterz2323 Bullshit, Much recent research point to temple sex cult prostitution was condemned, not homosexuality.