LGBT Americans Are Less Religious Than Non-LGBT Americans, But Not Across The Board: Report

[okasha]

52. A few months ago, I attended a Catholic funeral Mass

for a gay friend's mother. (A wonderful, grand old lady. She made it to a round 100.) Now, my friend is an old-fashioned queen; he does marvelous female impersonations and wears eye liner and shadow even with a three-piece suit and tie. As he did for his mom's funeral.

That church was packed with gay couples. I think the only straight people I saw there were the pianist and my friend's sibs and their spouses. When the time came for Communion, there was an aisle-long line of LGBT Catholics. All received. No one was turned away. No one was made unwelcome.

There is the official Church teaching on the subject. And there is the way individual priests and parishes serve their members. This priest and parish were open and loving. I think we're going to see more of that, simply in response to the reality in the pews and a changing community.