CrossCuT Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Could a Catholic officiate a wedding of two gay friends when neither are Catholic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truthfinder Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Could a Catholic officiate a wedding of two gay friends when neither are Catholic? No, because they cannot get married (even if the state says they can). It is not a natural marriage, and a Catholic cannot officiate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socrates Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Could a Catholic officiate a wedding of two gay friends when neither are Catholic? Of course not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisa Marie Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Could a Catholic officiate a wedding of two gay friends when neither are Catholic? Nope, because it's not a marriage. There's no way around it. The Church understands marriage as a thing that applies to all humans, not just Catholic ones. Marriage is the faithful, exclusive, permanent union of a man and a woman directed at the good of the spouses and having and educating children, only broken by death. Two men cannot by definition get married, and officiating (and even attending, really) such a ceremony is basically affirming a falsehood. Catholics can attend a marriage by two non-Christians because we still recognize their marriage as valid. Our tribunals will process cases involving only non-Christian people (usually because someone now wants to marry a Catholic) because marriage is a natural right that predates the establishment of the Catholic Church. But marriage is fundamentally about a relationship between a man and a woman and has always been that way. You couldn't officiate the wedding of someone who is already married. It's impossible, because there's something lacking that's fundamental to the very definition of what marriage is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriela Posted October 12, 2015 Author Share Posted October 12, 2015 Sometimes, Phatmass, you're really unpredictable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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