Famous Homosexual Catholics

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manualman said:
Hostile? It’s not hostile to point out that catholics generally don’t go around labeling themselves according to the sins they are particularly inclined to. I’m certainly not going to tell you mine and I suspect you don’t want to tell me yours. That’s my point in the post. It’s going to be hard to compile a list of faithful gay catholics because such people may see no need to identify themselves publicly.

In the secular world on the other hand, gay people DO seem to run around telling people they are gay: rainbow car stickers, pink triangles, parades, particular bars, etc. Not only is there a tendency to identify themselves, but they often seem to have a need to “out” others, both living and dead.
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There is more to sexuality than sex.
JimG said:
One wonders: if the story “Pygmalion,” or “My Fair Lady,” were being written today, could Professor Henry Higgins describe himself as a “confirmed old bachelor?” Probably not. Declaration of an “orientation” is now considered a duty! In the past it was not so.
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There are reasons to call one’s self a “confirmed old bachelor” other than being gay especially amongst professors.
 
manualman said:
Are you declaring “gay is good” even if sodomy is evil? This article may be for you:

crisismagazine.com/2014/the-new-homophiles-and-their-critics

Yes, there IS more to sexuality than sex itself. But it’s a strange assertion to say that while a particular action is evil, the inclination to it is something to celebrate. Then again, I may be reading too much into your words. Please elaborate.
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I’m saying we should treat gay people with common decency even if they are sexually active.

Also, that article suffers serious issues in both structure and content.
 
Joie_de_Vivre said:
There are reasons to call one’s self a “confirmed old bachelor” other than being gay especially amongst professors.
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No doubt. At the time the play was written, no one would even have raised the issue of sexual orientation.

In most of my jobs, people were known as either married or single, nothing more. If they were married, they might mention their family; they certainly wouldn’t mention sex. If they were single, they wouldn’t normally talk about their dating relationships, if any, unless they were announcing an engagement.
 
JimG said:
No doubt. At the time the play was written, no one would even have raised the issue of sexual orientation.

In most of my jobs, people were known as either married or single, nothing more. If they were married, they might mention their family; they certainly wouldn’t mention sex. If they were single, they wouldn’t normally talk about their dating relationships, if any, unless they were announcing an engagement.
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Boomers have simultaneously destroyed marriage and overhyped it. The newer generations are still reeling from how it has affected them.
 
Joie_de_Vivre said:
Boomers have simultaneously destroyed marriage and overhyped it. The newer generations are still reeling from how it has affected them.
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Well, they have also overhyped sex in general. In my last job before retirement, some people did talk about sex–a lot. There was the clerk who insisted on discussing her previous day’s exploits with her boyfriend. There were numerous office jokes and sexual repartee. And every time we had an HR presentation about sexual harassment, the frequency of sex talk inevitably increased. Amazingly, any of those who engaged in it could have been fired. All someone needed to do was to say it was unwelcome. The guy who worked with the woman who recounted her sex exploits every morning told me he was tired of hearing about it. But he wouldn’t file a complaint.
 
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