Is any TV show immune to the left's agenda?

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If an unrelated twelve year old kiddo told me this, I would say something to the effect of:

It can’t have been easy for you to tell me this.

Have you told your parents?

How can I help you tell your parents?

And just so you know, our feelings are real, and it’s never good to suppress any feeling, or panic about a feeling, or feel bad about a feeling. Because feelings are neither good nor bad.
At the same time we don’t always have the same thoughts and feelings at twelve as we do at twenty two.
 
Malka said:
The “gay rights” movement was never about “rights” or “tolerance.” As the renown gay activist, Paul Varnell once wrote:

“. . . the gay movement, whether we acknowledge it or not, is not a civil rights movement, not even a sexual liberation movement, but a moral revolution aimed at changing people’s view of homosexuality.” Source: “Defending Our Morality,” Chicago Free Press, Aug 16, 2000.
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I’m gay and have been out for almost 40 years and I’ve never heard of Paul Varnell before. I don’t remember ever seeing him mentioned in any of the many books I have on LGBT history and he doesn’t even have an entry in Wikipedia, so I’m not sure that he’s all that “renown”. It’s also not true that the gay rights movement has never been about rights. Some of the most important Supreme Court cases for the LGBT community, some of them argued before the Court by gay and lesbian lawyers I’ve met, were about securing various rights including most recently the right to marry.

I also don’t think that Varnell’s quote is particularly revealing. I’m sure that one of the goals of most advocacy groups is to change how people view the members of the groups they represent. Jewish advocacy groups want the non-Jewish public to view Jews more favorably, Muslim advocacy groups want the public to view Muslims more favorably, and gay advocacy groups want the public to view gay people more favorably, etc., etc. But it’s kind of difficult to change how the public views gay people without changing how they view homosexuality.
 
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It sounds like you’re a kind and caring teacher.

But I’m not sure that the Catholic Church teaches that feelings are “neither good nor bad.” After all, the Catechism says that feelings of same-sex attraction, which it calls an “inclination,” are “objectively disordered.” In another document, Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons, it says that these feelings, which it calls an “inclination” or “tendency”, are “ordered toward an intrinsic moral evil”. Both of those descriptions of what gay people feel sound rather bad to me even if having those feelings is not a sin.
 
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Actually, it would be best for any Catholic school teacher to immediately refer this very hypothetical child to the pastor. That is the prudent and proper course. Pastoral counseling is his department.
 
Hollywood continues to slump and embarrass itself.

Apparently the new “Cats” trailer is so horrible as to guarantee its status as a complete flop. You really have to work hard to make an already creepy musical into a super creepy movie.
 
The Biblical use of the word “effeminate” is often used to refer to men who are lazy, spineless, weak; as well as pagan or even prone to either fornication or homosexual acts.

I never ask people on here for “references” or “citations.” If I’m curious, I’ll look it up myself. So, take a look if you’re curious. Lots of folks think they’re being clever and have you caught in a “gotcha!” just by asking for references. Obviously you’re already on the internet, so just look.
 
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The Biblical use of the word “effeminate” is often used to refer to men who are lazy, spineless, weak; as well as pagan or even prone to either fornication or homosexual acts.
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That all sounds so…contemporary. So…Hollywood.
 
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http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s1c1a5.htm

The upshot of it is that feelings are neither good nor bad, but actions can be.

“Disordered” is a technical term for not leading to the natural end of something, ie for sex, it would be reproduction (naturally this is very thumbnail explanation, books and books have been written on sex and virtues and why does the Church say XYZ)
 
CatholicELATeacher said:
Actually, it would be best for any Catholic school teacher to immediately refer this very hypothetical child to the pastor. That is the prudent and proper course. Pastoral counseling is his department.
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I would still have 12 year old kiddo talk to his parents first.
I think you’d scare them by sending them to the pastor, like I think it might be seen as a punishment.
You could, however, let the pastor know that some of the kids are asking tough questions, or have tough questions, and ask for some guidance.
Also, he might know of resources to help the parents discuss these issues, so they can keep their cool to the kid.

Here’s why: 12 year olds are still very much children. They don’t need to be “dating”, regardless of their orientation. Kids that age are still learning how to get along with friends (platonic), siblings and family. Many of them aren’t even in puberty yet.

Don’t panic, don’t act shocked, and bring the parents into it ASAP
 
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“Disordered” is a technical term for not leading to the natural end of something, ie for sex, it would be reproduction (naturally this is very thumbnail explanation, books and books have been written on sex and virtues and why does the Church say XYZ)
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Indeed, many Catholics who condemn those who engage in homosexual acts need to keep in mind that “disordered” also applies to immoral heterosexual acts, even between husband and wife: sex while using contraception, oral sex, etc.
 
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CatholicELATeacher said:
Surely my principal and the school pastor are the only ones in a position to judge how I teach my Religion class.
I’m pretty sure they’ll be just fine with my teaching the Catholic Catechism’s TRUTH about homosexuality.
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So do the students.
 
I wouldn’t even ask any questions. I would stop the conversation immediately and refer the child to the pastor. Or perhaps the principal. If she choose to recommend a specific course of action, that’s fine. It’s simply beyond the scope of my authority as a teacher.
Same in public schools. Immediate referral to the school counselor. Any teacher that engages in counseling on such a matter is asking for a lawsuit. And not really helping the child.
 
The point is that a bad approach will do them a great disservice.
 
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CatholicELATeacher said:
Actually, it would be best for any Catholic school teacher to immediately refer this very hypothetical child to the pastor. That is the prudent and proper course. Pastoral counseling is his department.
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It’s not a totally hypothetical child. I was about 12 when I first became aware that I had certain feelings for other boys that I hadn’t experienced before. I never confided in any of my teachers, however. But when I was 21 before I came out, I went to see the pastor of the Baptist church my family attended and told him that I thought that I might be gay. He told me that I would go to hell if I didn’t change. I stopped going to any church for the next 15 years or so.
 
I can cite the Cathechism passages on homosexuality in a monotone, or with a British accent or a robot voice. They’re still Church teachings, to which I will neither add nor take away.
 
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