u/korkor341

Hi all! I was hoping you could help me navigate the works of Father Martin? Correct me if im wrong, but he's seen as a (moderate?) LGBTQ ally, and I'd love to hear what he has to say. Is Building a Bridge the place to start? Thank you guys very much!

Additionally Id love any books that would be useful for an outsider looking in. I'm (M) agnostic who is not looking to convert but my girlfriend is a rather progressive catholic, and Im on a journey to make sure that our values and wants for kids are aligned before we move forward.

Again, thank you very much

The short version is that my girlfriend is catholic but very much a leftist catholic, and we share a huge portion of the same values. But because she also values catholicism she wants to raise her kids with at least some catholic education. So my journey over the past few months and into the future has been, "is there a path that can incorporate both of our wants". The trouble is, i really dont have a concrete understanding *of* my wants (and perhaps more importantly my do-not wants).

I've read some christian apologetics, the Demon Haunted World, Being Both, and im currently reading Raising Freethinkers. They've all brought something to the table in varying degrees, and I'm looking for more.

I've often found that I dont know what questions to even ask which makes this particularly hard. Any recommendations are welcome, but two things I specifically have been struggling with is belief in a thing that you dont fully agree with, and if I feel even mild coercion I feel awful about the whole thing (even as simple as someone saying I hope you become christian).

Thanks