Can a gay couple have their child baptised?

Plek Trum · 2014-03-07 16:31:58

Hello all, first time poster in this forum and would appreciate your thoughts and opinions... If a long-term gay couple (12 years +) , who are catholic, receive the sacraments, light candles and acknowledge holy days have a child together by means of assisted fertility - well, can this child be baptised? Its an interesting…

07-03-2014 05:31PM

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Plek Trum

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Hello all,

first time poster in this forum and would appreciate your thoughts and opinions...

If a long-term gay couple (12 years +) , who are catholic, receive the sacraments, light candles and acknowledge holy days have a child together by means of assisted fertility - well, can this child be baptised?

Its an interesting one and I haven't yet received a concise answer on it.

Appreciate your thoughts and please, try NOT to let the thread slide into a debate on marriage equality, the opinions of the church on homosexuality etc.

Can their child be baptised?

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#2 07-03-2014 08:28PM

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Yes.
Get some god parents and a priest and away you go.

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#3 07-03-2014 09:07PM

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Yes, I'd imagine there should be no issue with baptising any child. There may be a question over the baptismal certificate though.

http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/cccb_clears_up_confusion_about_baptism_for_children_of_samesex_couples/

I'm not sure if the policy is the same here or not.

* puts mod hat on *

I'll leave this thread open but keep responses confined to the OP's question. Discussion regarding same-sex marriage or homosexuality in general should be confined to the megathread.

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#4 08-03-2014 02:37PM

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Yes, BUT both parents names won't be on the Baptismal Certificate. AFAIK, a birth cert in Ireland names one father, one mother. ONLY those names can be put on the Bapt Cert.

Most people then have the other partner as a godparent.

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