The New Normal (/Church?)

So i was watching a new episode on The New Normal yesterday. And it kind of hit a nerve because they talked about religion and faith and being gay.

Being gay and being a Catholic is difficult. One becomes a "cafeteria Catholic", only believing those things which one likes, like picking food. And obviously, one doesn't pick the whole Catholic view on being a homosexual.

I dated someone before who, after accepting that he is gay, started to not go to Church. He felt like a hypocrite and he began to detest priests once they started preaching about homosexuality. He still believes in God though and what it means to be good.

So as a Catholic, why do I want to be in something that clearly, doesnt want people like me? And the show answered it like this: the church can change. haha im not so sure if it's right but i kind of gives people like us hope.. to continue believing.. to continue being faithful.

And Andrew Rannells' character said that if Jesus were alive, he wouldve embraced the gays just as he did with other sinners, oppressed, sick, and even prostitutes.

Now I still dont know where i stand about this. And how i can fit being gay with being Catholic. I know I still go to Church. I know i still pray. I know I still and will forever believe in God. and i know im still gay. so bahala na.

or I could just turn it off..



When you start to get confused because of thoughts in your head,
Don't feel those feelings! Hold them in instead

Turn it off, like a light switch
just go click!
It's a cool little Mormon trick!
We do it all the time
When your feeling certain feels that just don't feel right
Treat those pesky feelings like a reading light
and turn em off,



Turn if off, like a light switch,
there its gone! (Good for you!)
My hetero side just won!
I'm all better now,
Boys should be with girls thats heavenly fathers plan
So if you ever feel you rather be with a man,
Turn it off.

ELDER PRICE: 
Well Elder McKinley, I think its ok that your having gay thoughts,
just so long as you never act on them.

ELDER MCKINLEY:
No, because then your just keeping it down,
Like a dimmer switch on low, (On low!)
Thinking nobody needs to know! (Uh oh!)

ELDER PRICE:
But that's not true!

ELDER MCKINLEY: 
Being gay is bad, but lying is worse,
So just realize you have a curable curse,
And turn it off!  (Turn it off, turn it off!)