Quote Originally Posted by Xiahou
That always cracks me up. Im sorry, but if you believe in contraception, gay marriage, abortion, ect.- you, by definition, are not a devout Catholic. A devout Catholic (again, by definition) would believe that abortion is akin to murder and that gay sex is and will always be immoral.
Sorry, but you're wrong. Please read the sentence that cracks you up again:
There are lay Catholics who, while personally devout, are socially liberal on issues like contraception, gay rights, women's equality and a multi-faith society.

The defintions of devout catholic certainly doesn't contradict this. Can a devout catholic accept a multi-faith society? If yes, than he or she can also accept contraception and gay rights. Of course, he or she will maintain that contraception and gay sex are sins (in the case of contraception not much longer btw, my old neighbour Ratzinger is going to allow it), but that doesn't mean he can't accept that people do these things. After all, he knows that he's a sinner too and unable to throw the first stone. The rights that you have in society are independent from what is a sin and what not, including - and maybe especially - to devout catholics. Jesus didn't talk about how society should look like, he said how you should live.