What is r/Catholicism's opinion on gay marriage and gay sex?

In the Old Testament, Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13, declares that for a man to “lie with a male as though lying with a woman” is “an abomination” or “detestable act” — in Hebrew, “toevah” — something utterly repugnant to God.

The basic categories of sexual immorality — such as same-sex intercourse, incest, solicitation of prostitutes, adultery, etc. — remain in place for believers in Christ. Indeed, Paul formulated his reference to “men who lie with males” — “arsenokoitai” — one of the groups of people whom he insists will not inherit the kingdom of God in 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, directly from the Levitical proscriptions of male-male intercourse.

The text in Romans 1:24-27 is worth quoting at length: “because of the desires of their hearts God gave them over” — that is, those who chose not to worship God as God — “to an uncleanness” — that is, filthy conduct — “consisting of their bodies being dishonored among themselves. … God gave them over to dishonorable passions, for even their females exchanged the natural use” — that is, of the male as regards sexual intercourse — “for that which is contrary to nature” — that is, sexual intercourse with other females — “and likewise also the males, having left behind the natural use of the female, were inflamed with their yearning for one another, males with males committing indecency and in return receiving in themselves the payback which was necessitated by their straying” — that is, from the truth about God evident in nature.

In fidelity to the Bible, recognizing that active homosexuality cannot be a good for the person, the Catholic Church forcefully affirms, in the same fidelity to the word of God, that every person, regardless of his sexual orientation, has the same dignity and in no way must be the object of unjust discrimination. As every baptized person, homosexual persons are called to holiness (by renouncing any participation in a so called "gay lifestyle" or so called "LGBT lifestyle") and to live here and now a living relationship with Christ in the Church.

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