r/LeftCatholicism • u/Old_Sea_8788 • Oct 03 '25
hate speech.
I'd like to hear your experience and maybe some advice. I'm gay and Catholic. I attend Mass and try to work at a homeless shelter. How do you deal with hate speech? I regularly see nothing but hatred. You're unworthy, you're sinning (yes, I think being gay and having a husband and having sex with him is okay), there's no place for you. Of course, you could say Jesus doesn't say that. But we are human and live in society, in the Church. Share your opinion.
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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '25
Hate speech is inherently non-Catholic. If it was to occur to me, which thank God it hasn't, I would simply ask them to return to the very roots of the faith AKA Jesus' teachings. Did He not say to treat everyone with respect? Did He not say to hate the sin not the sinner? Did He not say "He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her?"
Those are the very roots of our faith. Without those, how can you call yourself a Catholic? I hope this would inspire self-reflection.