my lait view

During the recent synod of bishops, called forth by Pope Francis to discuss about the Familial values and cultural shifts and how to effectively guide the church through the turbulent times, sparked a lot of controversy among the global community. The Pope was quoted saying "who am i to judge them?" regarding gays and homosexuals, in many news media. However, the fact of the matter as I deduced from just a little research into the topic, is that the quote was used out of context so as to feed the media and gay lobbyist needs to attack the Catholic faith and Christians as a whole. The Pope’s original words as per the news release by the BBC and confirmed by the Vatican was "If a person is gay and seeks God and has good will, who am I to judge them?" This quote was made regarding the ordained men of God such as priests who had homosexual tendencies. Because, I belong to the youthful and spiritually immature and ordinary laity, I am not going to comment on anything about what authentic catholic faith should be. However, I am going to express my opinion about Homosexuals and the Homosexual Act.
I will be using the Bible as my primary source of moral guidance as all Catholics and Christians are expected to. When a Christian hears about anything even remotely related to homosexuality, the first thing that comes to his/her mind would be the old testament reference from the book of Leviticus 18:22, which says that "You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination." and Leviticus  20:13 “"If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltness is upon them." I am not expert on this topic but, the church as whole emphasizes the inerrancy of the bible even if not everyone agrees on the historic accuracy of the recorded events.
However, many people are ignorant and aren’t aware of the new testament references to the act of homosexuality. In 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, "Or do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, 10nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, shall inherit the kingdom of God." Romans 1:26-28, says that "For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error.  And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper."
It doesn’t really take a biblical scholar to interpret the meaning of the verses quoted above. Any Christian can discern from what is said in the bible, that the homosexual act is an abomination and one acquires death by doing so. But, St. Paul says in his letter to the Romans 2:1-3 that “while not everyone sins so crudely, everyone violates standards they consider just” Since God is such a perfect being that any sin, no matter how small or big it is, should be the same before his eyes.
From the book of Genesis we can learn that God, the most Holy trinity made man in their image. Saint Augustine reminds us, “If you believe what you like in the gospel, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.” I once read a post on Facebook from chastity.com that “There are few better tests for whether or not someone lives a life in submission to God than what he or she does with their sexuality. Sex is such a powerful and meaningful desire that to give it up and obey God in that area is a true sign of worship.”
Personally, I have nothing against people with homosexual inclinations, but I don’t want to conform with sins that they commit by acting on the homosexual inclinations. I know it is hard for many to understand the fact that love is not equivalent to sex and how much sex you have in your life doesn’t equate to how much love you have for each other. I just want to encourage my fellow brothers and sisters to realize that being a Christian and moreover a catholic is never an easy thing to do and it will never be. But we need to proud and grateful parts of the body of Christ, the church, and “be the church that moves the world rather than one that moves with the world” as the famous theologian G.K Chesterton once said.
I think as Christians we need to first realize the blessing that we have and realize that as Christians we are essentially called to be Christ’s followers, which means we have to take up his cross and suffer a lot. I do understand that being true to faith isn’t always the most comfortable thing in today’s society where everyone is so sensitive to truth and Christians are always slandered for everything that we believe in. As any ethicists would agree, disagreements between people about something isn’t proof of the nonexistence of an objective truth. We as sons and daughters of God and followers of His son Jesus Christ, our savior, we are called to live a righteous life in Him. We will be made perfect through him and not our deeds. It is His Grace that saves us. Since, St. Paul says “the wage of sin is death” let’s all chose eternal life in God than damnation through sin.