More for Musket, who says I am reading about others and applying the test to your own interpretation of faith.

I suggest that you read a few documents at the Vatican Website, vatican.va, and inform yourself on what the Catholic Church actually teaches. You will find far more condemnation of American militarism and corporate greed, than you will find of gay marriage. And while the Vatican opposes gay marriage, it is quite respectful in what it says about homosexuals. And when asked about homosexuals, the Pope answered, "Who am I to judge?"

And again Musket says: Like it or lump it, Papal leaders from the pope down don't pick up microphones and ask people to find their own moral compass. They supply it, lock, stock and barrel. That's very dramatic language, Musket, but not really true. Church authorities teach, they don't dictate. Two of the most important issues the Catholic Church is emphasizing now, are the rights of migrants and human trafficking. I think you actually might agree with most of what the Catholic Church says about actual moral issues nowadays (and for the last 150 years at least).
Believe it or not, the Catholic Church says very little about sexual conduct.

But you don't really want to know what the Catholic Church actually teaches, because that would destroy all the misconceptions that you are so comfortable with.

-Joe Offer-