Results: LGBTQ Community Applauds Pope's "God Made You Like This" Comment

Pope Francis' reported comments to a gay man that "God made you like this" have been embraced by the LGBTQ community as another sign of Francis' desire to make gay people feel welcomed and loved in the Catholic Church. Juan Carlos Cruz, the main whistleblower in Chile's clerical sex abuse and cover-up scandal, said he spoke to Francis about his homosexuality during their recent meetings at the Vatican. Cruz said he told Francis how Chile's bishops used his sexual orientation as a weapon to try to discredit him, and of the pain the personal attacks had caused him. "He said, 'Look Juan Carlos, the pope loves you this way. God made you like this and he loves you". This is not the first time the Pope has said that people do not chose their sexuality. In fact, a great failing of the church is that many Catholics have been reluctant to say so, which then makes people feel guilty about something they have no control over. Do you agree?

Despite what many reputable biologist and psychologist will tell you, which is that people do not choose their sexual orientation, people still believe that you can chose to be gay -- or usually to NOT be gay. And since you do not make a conscious effort to chose to be straight (you just are), then the same is true for being gay. Do you: