The 5 Cardinal Sins of Catholic Dating

By Doree Lewak. February 14, pm Updated February 15, am. Now, she belongs to a strict Hasidic sect in New York.

If you are Catholic, the most ‘normal’ way is to ask your parents. They will tell you when it is ok to date, what ‘date’ means, where this dating will happen, and who.

This trend is becoming larger and larger, and soon Catholic schools are going to have to face the reality that more and more of their students will be seeking to attend with an escort of the same-gender. Paula Goodgame, left, and her girlfriend, Anjali Persad. Buzzfeed reported that Paula Goodgame, a year old student at St. However well-intentioned the guidance counselor is, that solution is not satisfying. If anything, such a suggestion teaches students to find a way around an unjust rule, rather than confronting the injustice that exists.

It sends the message that this student must find underhanded ways of living out her relationship. Neither of these lessons expresses Catholic values. In , McQuaid Jesuit H. In Australia, an archbishop made a blanket decision that all Catholic high school students should be allowed to take to the prom whoever they want. The whole controversy raises a number of questions and puzzled expressions.

For one thing, girls dancing with girls, and women dancing with women, has been a socially acceptable practice for decades even in the most heterosexual of environments. More importantly, do Catholic school officials assume that all of their heterosexually-coupled prom dates are going to engage in sexual activity on the big night? Of course, the answer is no.