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Would like some (name removed by moderator)ut on a letter I’m drafting to our local newspaper on domestic partnerships. We’re in the midst of a push to establish them in our city governments and school districts. Earlier this year here in Washington State benefits were codified statewide. Even though my parish priest understood, contributed and approved of the letter, others I’ve emailed it to find it hard to understand. Your thoughts would be appreciated.
Respect for Life Needed
Domestic partnerships, and the behaviors practiced in most of them, are in fact a small part of a much larger problem in society today which misuses sexuality, diverting it from its reproductive and self-giving functions. For this reason, the common acceptance of contraceptive sex makes unsurprising the tolerance domestic partnerships receive. In fact this broadly practiced dissociation of sex even seems to be a social pathology given its close association with the violence of abortion. But in trying to be fair, one might think that as long as the contraceptive mentality (and abortion) is accepted, that domestic partnerships maybe should be also. But that ignores the abortion connection. Isn’t the only solution to reject both? Also, why are two siblings living together specifically excluded from benefiting from these domestic partnerships?
Respect for Life Needed
Domestic partnerships, and the behaviors practiced in most of them, are in fact a small part of a much larger problem in society today which misuses sexuality, diverting it from its reproductive and self-giving functions. For this reason, the common acceptance of contraceptive sex makes unsurprising the tolerance domestic partnerships receive. In fact this broadly practiced dissociation of sex even seems to be a social pathology given its close association with the violence of abortion. But in trying to be fair, one might think that as long as the contraceptive mentality (and abortion) is accepted, that domestic partnerships maybe should be also. But that ignores the abortion connection. Isn’t the only solution to reject both? Also, why are two siblings living together specifically excluded from benefiting from these domestic partnerships?
