It Gets Better James Martin, SJ

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[NixonisLord]

Wow-a gay Jesuit! That's amazing!

[Liminalitea]

Thank you for publicly speaking the truth in love, Fr. Jim. Let us pray for more brave and loving souls like you. The Church has sinned greatly against the gay and lesbian children of God. May there be healing among us, and may there be a swift end to hateful scapegoating of gay and lesbian people. May God bless you, Fr. Jim.

[Keylemvids]

Jesus reached out to the marginalised 2000 years ago, prostitutes, tax collecters, etc, the woman caught in adultery. He didn't admonish the sinner but he did say......go and sin no more!

[jajohnson7809]

I want to thank you for being so brave and speaking these words, despite the fact that many in your church will disagree with you. Someday, I think most of the human race will understand that love is love. I'm proud to be gay! I couldn't have said that as a scared child for whom the fear of hell was as real as Coca-Cola. It took me years to even begin to quit hating myself. I now realize that I'm good and deserving of equal rights. Blessings from a Unitarian Universalist Pagan.

[JustinofRomeAD]

I like how you address this issue, and expressed that there is LOVE, HOPE, AND CHARITY for those who suffer with same sex attraction... my only concern is,

I just wish you would ALSO have given the Church's point of view. Clarified that although we are to love the sinner we are also to distinguish that we DONT condone the SIN, that acting on same sex attraction physically is to fall into sin, and that its important to trust that feeling that says this is wrong, and to repent of it.

[StigmochelysPardalis]

Mirabile visu est ex ecclesiam Romanum! Te ago gratias! Vale.

[smithjamesthomas]

Fr Martin,

I do not dispute your arguments on the love of God. I also agree that Jesus would be reaching out to gays and lesbians if he were walking the earth today. Absolutely he would! But he would also be calling gays to live the commandments of God. All people have their weaknesses, and we all struggle with parts of the God's law, but we are all to be held accountable and help one another.

God loves us too much to let us remain as we are--and all of us are sinners.

[paintur68]

Hey!  I just read one of this guy's books! Between Heaven and Mirth...it was.....ah....okay. Hee hee....Wow, I kinda look like this guy...............and not that it matters, but I'm gay......yay!

[kubrox91]

Man, this is such a relief after listening to Fred Phelps and his family all day. that guy seriously confuses me about God. But, in the grand scheme of things, they are twisted f*cks. Regardless of whether homosexuality is a sin or not, I DO NOT TOLERATE homophobic language. it all boils down to treat others the way you want to be treated. pretty friggan obvious freddie. God have mercy on us all.

[MrTrilliondollarman]

@capitanzach

What you just said is quite self-defeating for three reasons: it commits the gambler's fallacy, it commits the historians fallacy, and if people years from now still think being gay is wrong, then time would not be on your side.