[Normand-O-L19938]

I am also Catholic. I do not pretend to have the answer to your dilemma. You should know, though, that the Church does not reject you but certain actions that you have chosen to engage in. The church holds you to no standard it does not hold me and others to.

Supposing, for argument sake, that I was born into an alcoholic family and subsequently became alcoholic. Suppose further that I physically abused my wife and children and embezzled from my employer. Should the Church say that because I was predisposed to alcoholism that the Ten Commandments apply to me only in part? Should the cross that I have been assigned to carry be made lighter by abrogating the rules that apply to others? Now I used the example of alcoholism because it is obviously easy to relate to. But I could have chosen any other aspect of human shortcomings. It is very difficult to say that it is God who intended that anyone live with these shortcomings when it is we ourselves who have the power to choose.

You are apparently at a spiritual crossroad; hopefully you will find a suitable religion. The Catholic Church really is Catholic; there are plenty of parishes that accept you exactly as you are while others may stay closer to traditional teachings. Leaving the Church may, for you, be the only viable solution.

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