#617 – How to have conversations about LGBT issues during "Pride month"

The Counsel of Trent

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🗓️ 1 June 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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June is “LGBT Pride Month” and so Trent joins John DeRosa of the Classical Theism podcast to share some tips for how we can defend the Church’s teaching on marriage and sexuality as well as answer common objections like “the Church hates gay people.”

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Council of Trend Podcast, a production of Catholic Answers.
0:07.0	Let's get into the main topic for today, though, because this is going to be sort of a
0:13.5	timely show.
0:15.0	We're recording here in the middle of May, but this will probably come out on my podcast
0:19.2	just before June, which is so-called, quote unquote, pride month.
0:24.3	It's where a lot of hot-button cultural issues tend to surface.
0:29.2	Did I, I brought you on to kind of help us prepare to discuss these topics of transgenderism,
0:34.8	homosexuality, same-sex marriage, and a whole host of issues that go with it.
0:39.7	I'm going to be raising a few of the most common objections and ideas that are thrown out
0:44.4	there during pride month.
0:46.2	And before we even get started and go into the specifics, I wanted to ask you for some
0:50.7	general tips.
0:51.7	Sure.
0:52.7	What should Catholics think about?
0:54.4	How should they prepare to engage in these conversations?
0:57.4	You know they're going to come up.
0:59.0	How should we prepare to discuss these sensitive issues?
1:01.4	What are some general tips yet?
1:03.1	Well, I think what is important here is to be in a state of grace, to pray, to draw near
1:10.0	the Lord.
1:11.8	In his earthly ministry, he was quite adept at reaching out to those who were furthest
1:18.3	away from God.
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