Catholic Church's Influence On Homosexuality

The Catholic Church’s Influence on Homosexuality The influence of the Catholic Church can be seen especially through the effects on the gay community. The Church is a very powerful, well established entity that has over 1.27 billion members. The teachings are very serious to their members. The leaders are involved in a hierarchy where the Pope is on top, then cardinals, archbishops, bishops, and priests. Although there is lacking evidence of explicit hate toward the gay community, there is evidence of exclusion and influence that I will show. There is a strong correspondence with high church influence and greater thinking that homosexuality is wrong. The Catholic Church affects views on homosexuality through both the overall ideology and …show more content…
Since people chose to be a member they take the identity with pride. The church is a strong public authority figure that people respect so how could they be wrong. The oppression can run deep through society because the church has imposed it in the community it teaches to. When oppression of homosexual activity come from the Catholic Church once, it is getting passed down and taught to younger generations. Oppression only has to show its face one time for it to last a lifetime. The Orthodox Church shows the highest numbers of intolerance for any “other” identity than any other practice in Europe (Spina, 39). Even though there are variances in teachings from church to church, most of the Catholic Church is taught the same. This leads to masses of people believing and “knowing” the same thing. People tend to go to a higher authority and believe their word as the truth. This rule goes the same for complex issues such as sexuality. There is hope moving forward however, the newer generations have a hard time believing this as …show more content…
Conflicts between homosexuals and the Catholic Church can be seen throughout history. The lives of any Catholic homosexual are impacted by the Catholic Church. The Church has influential power which allows its message to be spread throughout society. The younger generation is less likely to be influenced by the Church as our society is becoming more secular in nature. Gay priests are possibly the most affected because their whole life is revolved around the Church and they must abide by their word. Overall people need to be accepted and loved by a Church not be subject to judgement and