Reply #39: My mom accepted my lesbianism because of the church

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

It turns out that her best friend from childhood (a Catholic priest) is gay. She went to him about my "problem" and he explained to her that it wasn't a problem. He's super liberal and has a parish in NYC. He had been working to allow gay priests and priests to marry, but with the current pope, he's calmed down and is honestly quite scared. His position is that people need to lead normal sexual lifestyles and that the church needs to worry more about eradicating pedophiles instead of creating a homophobic witchhunt.

Personally, I feel that he exemplifies what a priest should be. He's kind, understanding, and non-judgemental. Probably, if he ran my mom's parish, I'd probably still go to mass once in a while.