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Originally Posted by cliffdweller

I tend to agree with you. I find myself trying really hard to understand why two of my best friends who are a gay male couple are devout Catholics, and we're talking old school Catholicism here, not an updated, open-minded, "hipped-up" offshoot version of it. They are able to reconcile this issue in a way that I cannot. I suppose if they're happy then that's all that matters, but it doesn't mean that I understand it. To me, it's a mystery for the ages. Why (and how?) can you devote yourself to something that teaches intolerance much less loathes your very existence?

Yes, it's basically supporting an institution that works against you. They must feel a very strong religious pull and need to worship within the confines of the structure. You'd think even with the strong pull, they would choose another way to worship, but...