Do you think you’ll live to see Catholic priests be allowed to perform same-sex marriages?

Jason Bartlett
student | Norwood, N.J.
"No. Not even if I live to be 100. I don’t see it happening in the next 65 years. Granted, there’s a voice for change within the Catholic Church, but the voice isn’t calling for gay marriage. It’s calling for dignity and respect for the LGBT community, which is a very different thing. At least the pope continues to breathe new life into the conversation."


Maddie Lesage
artist | Lansdowne
"The Catholic Church moves very slowly. I’ll give it 30 years. I’m 23. I could see it happening by the time I’m 53. Pope Francis is a big difference from the previous pope. But it will take at least three more popes before gay marriages are performed in the church."


Kathryn Repetto
student | Lansdowne
"Yes. The new pope is very liberal. So that makes me think it will happen someday. Having said that, I still think it’s going to take a long time, like 50 years. It will probably happen by the time I’m 70. The church leadership is stuck in the past."


Cameron Shryock
valet | West Philadelphia
"No. The Catholic Church is too backward in its thinking. We’re talking about an institution that persecuted people of different religions, to the point of killing them. So I’m not optimistic at all. They tend to be backward on all progressive social issues."


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