UNWAVERING FAITH IN GOD: I'm More Religious Than My Family (Miranda)

I was baptized a Roman Catholic and I'm still going strong. My family is sort of religious; we'd go to church when I was younger, and I went through the standard First Communion and Confirmation classes. After my younger brother went through that, my family stopped going to church, though both my parents still profess to be Catholics. So somehow I'm now more religious than they are -- I'm the only one who attends church regularly. Weird how that turned out.

Of course, Catholicism is well-known for not being too friendly to homosexuality -- the whole thing about marriage being a sacred bond between a man and a woman and all that. Homosexuality is viewed as something unnatural because sex is for the purposes of procreation. (I disagree, of course, but I'm still Catholic.) The Church does say, however, that prejudice against homosexuals is wrong.

So even though my views about homosexuality are unorthodox as far as the Church is concerned, my religion is still a huge and very important part of my life. Prayers, church, and so on. I strive for religion without the hypocrisy and proselytization. I stand by what I believe and don't compromise. (Or, at least, I hope I don't.)

I don't care if my partner shares my religious beliefs or not. What matters most to me is that she is open-minded -- that she isn't bothered by my religious quirks and that, if she is non-religious or of a different faith, she doesn't try to convert me to her own beliefs (or lack thereof).