I am ever more inclined to support Fr. Martin, because I am seeing that his critics never have the capacity to present what he is saying fairly. Fr. Martin says that he is "pro-gay" but what he means by that is that he is determined to treat gay people with decency, to listen to them, to accept what they mean when they say are gay without judging unfairly, etc. He means that he has taken a personal commitment to be charitable with gay people. But when his critics call him "pro-gay" they mean that something entirely different, they disparage him, they claim that he rejects the moral teaching of the Church, that he embodies everything that they disparage and hate. I loved his response to being called "pansified": his citation of St. Therese of the Child Jesus: For God all flowers are beautiful. Father Martin is gutsy and puts it on the line: the Gospel of Our Lord. Let him hear who has ears to hear!!

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