Can lesbians consummate a marriage?

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Catholic canon law defines[3] a marriage as consummated when the
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"spouses have performed between themselves in a human fashion a conjugal act which is suitable in itself for the procreation of offspring, to which marriage is ordered by its nature and by which the spouses become one flesh."
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Without getting specific, I suppose some approximation of a “suitable” conjugal act is possible between lesbians.
 
nguirado said:
Without getting specific, I suppose some approximation of a “suitable” conjugal act is possible between lesbians.
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Catholic canon law defines[3] a marriage as consummated when the
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"spouses have performed between themselves in a human fashion a  conjugal act which is suitable in itself for the procreation of  offspring, to which marriage is ordered by its nature and by which the  spouses become one flesh."
Lesbian sex does not result in the procreation of offspring and is disordered, both requirements for the legitimate consummation of marriage are missing. Both homosexual and lesbian sex acts DO NOT result in procreation and are intrinsically disordered, in addition to being morally wrong and disgusting.
 
nguirado said:
Without getting specific, I suppose some approximation of a “suitable” conjugal act is possible between lesbians.
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no, two women (or two men) between them do not possess the requisite body parts to complete the marital act, so no it cannot be consummated, and that is why the unitive dimension of marriage is missing, so there can be no such thing as a marriage between two partners of the same sex.
 
Not to mention two homosexual individuals can never truly be married regardless of consumption; the only thing they can have is a government paper that claims that they are ‘married’ by the law of secular man.
 
No, lesbians can’t consummate a marriage according to the laws of the Church…and I don’t know totally for-sure, but I don’t think they can by civil-law or secular-law either.

Consummating a marriage, according to the Church, is the unitive act of the husband and wife, and must be procreative as well, which is why lesbians cannot be married to begin with. It’s the same as a man and woman who cannot complete the marital embrace by some physical barrier (such as if the man cannot perform the act, for example). If one of them is unable to complete the marital embrace, they cannot be married in the Church. Even if one of them is sterile, they have to be able to complete the marital embrace. So I’m sure you can see why a lesbian couple or a gay couple cannot “consummate a marriage”. Hope that helps.
 
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What about heterosexual couples that just happen to be infertile.
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Infertile couples may marry. Impotent couples may not.

There is not such thing as “lesbian marriage”, so the OP’s question in invalid.
 
kbwall said:
What about heterosexual couples that just happen to be infertile.
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which has nothing to do with topic under discussion.
the marital act, consummation, intercourse, coitus, has a medical or biological definition that is the same as the moral definition, the specific union of one man and one woman via the sex organs designed by nature–ultimately by God–for that purpose. You can take any other bodily organs and try to juxtapose them but that will not constitute coitus. Two persons of the same sex don’t have those two organs so they cannot complete the act. Period. Any human of either gender who is incapable of completing the act by definition cannot complete the marriage act so this person cannot marry. It is simply a fact of nature.
 
kbwall said:
What about heterosexual couples that just happen to be infertile.
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see post #2, the blue text. Infertile couples where one spouse is infertile can still do what is required for consumation.
 
Corki said:
see post #2, the blue text. Infertile couples where one spouse is infertile can still do what is required for consumation.
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Very true! It was once believed that my (adoptive) mother was infertile. So much so, in fact, that they as a couple adopted my oldest brother since they wanted to be parents so badly. Once their prayer for parenthood was answered and my brother “K” settled into their home and hearts-- God then answered their most fervent prayers for a child of their own physical union and my brother “B” and my sister “M” were born a few years later. Sadly, “M” passed away a few weeks after birth due to a serious birth defect for which there was no treatment or corrective surgery at the time. I never knew her, but her name became my Confirmation name sort of out of pressure from Mom. She always had a pain in her heart after “M’s” death, so to “honor my mother”, I complied with her wish that I would take that name (but since I have also have a personal affinity for St. Cecilia I have also invoked her name as a personal patroness, given my thankfulness for the gift of song, given to me by God. But that’s for another thread!)

Point is, simply because no children are born/conceived in a short period of time, and just because a doctor says that someone is infertile doesn’t mean that it’s set in stone. Great things can happen against all earthly odds.

Need we look any further than Elizabeth, or Sarah, or-- of course-- Mary? 😉

In Christ,

~Spoken4
 
Yes they can consumate a marriage. However the lesbian in question would have to be married to a MAN for this to hapen. If your referring to two lesbians consumating, first of all there is no true “marriage” to consumate, secondly they wouldn’t be performing the maritial act but merely engaging in sodomy
 
I wasn’t attempting to defend homosexuality. I only asked a question.
 
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