How do Catholics Respond to the Transgender Question

[BroIgnatius]

Father Mike Schmitz gives an excellent talk on this issue:

 

[pdudgeon]

I won't speak for all Catholics, but I will speak for myself.
I am opposed.
I think it's outrageous that a person can claim to know more than God, or to think that God made a mistake when He created them.

I think that those persons who are under the influence of a corrupt society which wants nothing more than to destroy all mention of and belief in God would stoop to anything that would allow them to do so.
including transgenderism.

 

[Gnarwhal]

Even in my most liberal days transgenderism wasn't something I bought into. I'm just completely convinced that any confusion over ones gender originates from a convoluted societal message that says gender and biology are unrelated, and tugs at any thread to unravel a persons identity.

Sexual dimorphism has always stood in the way of me intellectually agreeing with transgenderism.

That being said, I just can't be bothered to push for politics that forces people to live how I want them to live. My rationale is "God didn't force himself on us, what makes us think we have the right to do that to others?"

I can say it doesn't belong in the Church or in any Catholic schools because it stands in conflict with Catholic moral teaching and that I will defend until my last breath, but in a secular society with separation of church and state, it's subject to the zeitgeist of American culture (for better or worse).

 

[concretecamper]

Awesome talk and right on the money. Thanks for sharing.

 

[LivingWordUnity]

In the first chapter of the Holy Bible it says, "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them." (Gen 1:27)

 

[pdudgeon]

In the first chapter of the Holy Bible it says, "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them." (Gen 1:27)

agreed, and now some people want to do away with all gender related pronouns.

 

[LivingWordUnity]

God made it simple. But people are making it complicated.

 

[Fantine]

I know the parents of a transgender child, and when they share his story, I understand that there are really people whose sexuality was indeterminate at birth, verifiable by hormone levels and other medical factors.

I understand that not every case is as clear cut medically, but some are.

 

[LivingWordUnity]

Pope Francis: Love those who struggle, but don't push gender theory on kids (Oct 2, 2016)