Discrimination of Homosexuals

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Okay so I realize that this is a sticky subject… Personally I’m straight and have a girlfriend… But I have a little brother who’s happens to be a homosexual…

He follows the Church’s teachings and lives a chaste life… But recently he’s been pretty distraught over a couple of things the Church teaches…

He likes the fact that the Church says that most discrimination against homosexuals is wrong… But recently he came along a document (I have no clue what it’s called) and that said homosexuals shouldn’t be coaches or teachers.

He’s pretty distraught about this because he’s an education major in his first year of college…

Also he’s distraught about it because he’s an assistant cross country coach at our former high school.

Now here’s the question… Is this document talking about sexually active homosexuals (of which I completely understand why it would say that) or is it about all homosexuals regardless of of whether they’re celibate or not?
 
You will need to produce this document or it’s exact name or a link to it in order for any meaningful discussion to take place.
 
“There are areas in which it is not unjust discrimination to take sexual orientation into account, for example, in the placement of children for adoption or foster care, in employment of teachers or athletic coaches, and in military recruitment.”

I’m assuming that this is the statement you are refering to. I don’t read this as a statement that all homosexuals should be banned from teaching, but that it is not discrimination to consider their attractions when assigning them such positions. For example, a man with homosexual tendencies probably doesn’t need to be hanging out in a boys locker room and shower any more than he needs to be hanging out in a girl’s locker room.
 
Reading through the document, my impression is that it is calling out those who openly live a homosexual lifestyle, something your brother does not do.

Homosexual persons who assert their homosexuality tend to be precisely those who judge homosexual behavior or lifestyle to be “either completely harmless, if not an entirely good thing” (cf. no. 3), and hence worthy of public approval.

By allowing certain laws to be passed that prohibit discrimination against sexual orientation, the State is at least implicitly condoning those actions. If someone is living an openly homosexual lifestyle, they will tend to use that fact as an identifying trait. I do it all the time with my kids. ‘I’m Fermat and I have four kids and a wife’. I immediately identify myself as a heterosexual and that is good. If I did the same thing that (sans the wife and kids, of course) and I were a homosexual, then I would be making the statement that homosexuality is good. As a teach, someone with authority, I would be at least teaching implicitly, if not explicitly that homosexuality was ok.

That was my take. Blessings to you and your brother. This is a difficult burden and I applaud him for taking his faith seriously.
 
But is it okay for him to be a teacher and coach as long as he keeps it to himself and is living the celibate life the Church wants him too…
 
mikeyrobbie said:
But is it okay for him to be a teacher and coach as long as he keeps it to himself and is living the celibate life the Church wants him too…
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Then how is he different from anyone else, including any heterosexual?
 
mikeyrobbie said:
But is it okay for him to be a teacher and coach as long as he keeps it to himself and is living the celibate life the Church wants him too…
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Absolutely. The mandate is *only *applicable to those individuals are active, assert or endorse the homosexual lifestyle. Self identification as a homosexual can be construed as endorsing homosexuality. Why would one need to self-identify if they are not practicing it nor intend to practice it? However, having same-sex attraction is not the same as identifying oneself as homosexual.
 
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Then how is he different from anyone else, including any heterosexual?
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Agreed. Although I do not have same sex attractions, my personal obligations are no different from the OP’s brother. As a single male, I am required to keep a chaste life as well.
 
But is it okay for him to be a teacher and coach as long as he keeps it to himself and is living the celibate life the Church wants him too…
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As long as he is not placing himself in a near occasion of sin. If being in a locker room with a bunch of boys causes struggles for him, he should probably reconsider. If this is not a problem at all, he’s probably ok. Overall, just be careful.
 
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