A Catholic Church in the East Bay has formed its identity on welcoming LGBTQ members.
"We’re saying to them, ‘We’re here, we’re a part of you, we’re a part of God’s children, we deserved to be loved as everyone else," said Rev. Aidan McAleenan. LGBTQA parish made up mostly of African Americans from the Silent Generation and Baby Boomers, they want everyone – from fellow Catholics to queer folk – to know they actively and outwardly support theOakland resident Juan Zamora, who is gay and originally from Mexico, has been attending St.
"A lot of Catholics come on up and go like ‘Does the bishop know you’re here? Does the pope know you’re here? Is this okay?'", said McAleenan, who described being influenced by his work confronting the AIDS crisis in San Francisco. "You get these responses that people are like ‘There really are faith communities that would love us and embrace us’ and out of that we’ve got people who come to church and just stay.
But Zamora didn’t need to change, maybe because society is doing the changing for us, according to McAleenan.inclusion
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