In this piece, Catholic columnist Marcos Breton explains how overcame the prejudices he was taught as a boy.
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I never thought I’d become a full-fledged supporter of same-sex marriage, especially growing up in a socially conservative Catholic family of Mexican descent.
From an early age, I had homophobia drilled into my head at church, at school and at home. I remember studying for my first Communion and hearing the nuns talking about how the Bible said it was an abomination for men to lie down with one another.
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