ElJay:
Homosexuals can’t help feeling the way they do (and i speak from experience). To be homosexual is not to make a decision to be selfish. It is a genetic trait and cannot be changed past a certain point in embryotic development. To be breif, the homosexuality gene is not a freak gene - its a number of genes present in members of the opposite sex expressed in a member of the gender it does not belong, making the person naturally attracted to men as women are or as naturally attracted to women as men are. This gene being present does not suppress the natural urge to raise young, however. So homosexual couples do not adopt simply to justify their relationship.
I will leave you with this: how many of you actually KNOW a homosexual?
ElJay:
I’ve not seen one study from one reputable scientist that’s been published in any responsible journal that supports your contention that there is a “gay gene” or any group of genes carry out that function. Although this may be congenital, No responsible researcher has published evidence that this is genitic.
This is like any of our other powerful urges to sin - It’s a result of something you’ve said elsewhere you choose not to believe in, The Fall of Man from God’s Grace. It’s the same thing that causes thefts and murders and promiscuity and just about every other problem that ills society today.
It’s a flaw in our soul. if that weren’t true, then Apostolates such as Courage Apostolate wouldn’t have the success they have, and the transformative power of the Spirit of God couldn’t have any effect on it.
And, you see where I live - I know LOTS of Gays (and Lesbians), and the parish I go to Baptized a LOT of gays before they died of AIDS, and I know a couple of people who have buried a lot of people who’ve died of AIDS. I hope you weren’t using that to judge whether or not someone’s opinion could or should be taken seriously, or worse, whether someone had the right to talk on this subject. That would be worse than anything anyone has suggested about you.
I still remember the shock at the West Hollywood City Hall when they realized who and what International Solidarity supported after IS had run a “Float” in the Gay…Pride Parade (I remember when it was just Gay Pride, and didn’t have all the rest).
I know you’re an ATHEIST, but I beg you to look at the claims of Jesus Christ and to read what He had to say about himself for yourself. And, think about this - There are three people walking around at my parish whom the medical doctors believe should have died. I can explain that. Can you?
In Christ, Michael