Ok I'm Catholic. I don't believe everything I hear and I have lapses of faith but I am Catholic. My dd goes to a Catholic Primary School. If she was older and had been read this appalling letter encouraging teenagers to sign a document against same sex marriage I would remove her from the school and speak to my solicitor about legal action. That is how much it goes against my belief system and indeed how much it would upset members of my family.
As soon as I heard about this letter I jumped into the debate in support of same sex couples....only to find that this has become a debate about doing away with religion full stop.
The reason I remain a part of the Catholic Church is because of the teaching : " love one another as I have loved you" which I was brought up to understand means...just be nice to each other. We're all different, we think different things, like different things, believe different things, but we should all be treated the same.
IMO this applies to same sex couples but should also apply to people's religion. My religion is being attacked right now and we're all being judged to be bigots and pedophiles, because of a number of bad bad people who call themselves Catholics.
I'm mad about the letter which preaches discrimination which I abhor and Im mad that there are forums and discussion boards right now stating that anyone sending their child to a faith school is offering them up to pedophiles, homophobes and cult leaders, when in fact the great majority of Catholic schools do an amazing job of teaching tolerance.