"Tolerance is not a Catholic word"

Our religion teacher (in Poland „religion lessons” mean „Catholic religion lessons”) taught us that “tolerance” is not a Catholic word. At this point I made an exception to agree with her. Tolerance is not a Catholic word because Catholicism is not a tolerant religion, at least if we consider its “sexual ethics”. Of course everyone has a right to create their own “sexual ethics”, also the Catholic Church and I don’t want to condemn it or persuade Catholics to change their views. The real problem is that the Catholic institutions, organisations etc. want to force other people to follow their “sexual ethics”, even if these people are not Catholics and don’t want to use this type of ethics. This is the meaning of the word “tolerance”: to give other people right to harbour their own views. It applies even stronger to a sexual orientation which occurs independently of a person’s will and there is no real way to change it. 

The Catholic Church does not understand that every person has the right to construct their own definition of sexuality. If a Catholic regard homosexuality as a sin – OK, but it means that this person should not engage in sexual relation with a person of the same sex. It does not mean however that no one can engage in it, because other people may have different views, needs and desires. If a Catholic thinks that same-sex marriage is against the God’s will – well, OK, but it means only that this person should not wed person of the same sex, not that no one could wed them. Unfortunately Catholic circles do not understand it.