<p>This is ridiculous. Most of the people responding to this thread don't even attend ND. There are always *******s who make fun of people, but for the most part no one cares. You might be surprised to find out that most ND students don't walk around quoting the Catechism and condemning those who don't adhere to it's teachings.</p>
<p>Ironic how the Society of Jesus (not an order named after a Saint) is the least Catholic (I guess you call it progressive)</p>
<p>My brother is gay and I love him for what he is. And I'm Catholic. Does that make me a 'yucky' Catholic?</p>
<p>word to that.</p>
<p>I don't go to ND, but I've been raised in an extremely catholic family and I'll be the first to say that Catholics have nothing against gay people. That being said, homosexual acts are sinful to Catholics, so if you are a sexually active homosexual, (which I'm assuming you are otherwise you wouldn't have announced it.) then yea, it's not looked highly upon through the church. That DOESN'T mean Catholics discriminate against homosexuals, so try not to misinterpret that. There will be probably be pricks at ND, like everywhere else, that might not be too accepting, but overall, the true catholics there should be accepting and respectful, despite the differences you may or may not share with them.</p>
<p>Sorry if I'm assuming you are sexually active, that's none of my business, but College, especially a Catholic college like ND, is about furthering your education... not sleeping around with people. (although that obviously happens.) So if sex isn't a necessary aspect of your college experience, then it shouldn't matter whatsoever if you are gay or not.</p>
<p>I think you should go. Good Luck</p>
<p>haha just because you announce you're gay does not mean you're "sexually active" there are plenty of straight people here who have "announced" it and are virgins and not sexually active at all.</p>
<p>but why would it be a decisive factor if he weren't? I don't know, it's none of my business. I'm not trying to sound presumptuous</p>
<p>I know a few and it is a non-issue. When I first realized one of the people in my group of friends was gay, it kind of bothered me. Now it doesn't matter to me at all. I've grown in that sense. With that said, flamboyancy is probably best left at a different campus.</p>
<p>You know, the Catholic church is pretty definite about what is "legal" sexual activity and what is not. Because the bar is so high in the Catholic church almost nobody can meet the standard. In a weird way I think it makes Catholics more tolerant of gays, even if the church says all homosexual activity is wrong. They also say that all heterosexual activity that is outside a Catholic-sanctioned marriage AND does not permit the possibility of pregnancy is wrong; think about that--it is a pretty broad range of stuff that is done routinely both in and out of marriages.</p>
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<p>because most church doctrine is behind contemporary culture by several hundred years and has its basis in millennia-old texts written by people who not only didn't understand the biological basis for homosexuality, but thought that interacting with a menstruating women made one unclean, that humors governed the body, and that insanity was caused by demonic possession. so yeah, not quite the most up-to-date folks around.</p>
<p>jack 4640, it's based on natural law, which is timeless</p>
<p>I'm from the city so and back in high school I had a handful of gay friends. One of my best friends who attends NYU is actually gay. Where I'm from no one cares if a person is gay.</p>
<p>Here at ND though it's a different story. I would say over half of the students here have not had a single gay friend. I have heard many homophobic comments here. ND as you know is an amazing school and I am confident that if you choose to come here you will love it. But just be forewarned that you WILL run into some very closed minded people but you'll also meet people like me who won't give a rat's ass about your sexual orientation and will accept you for who you are</p>