Is it ethical to date as a catholic if you have a sexually transmitted disease?

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If a catholic has an incurable sexually transmitted disease and as such when they get married they will not be able to use condoms is it ethical for such a person to look for a spouse while knowing you’ll probably infect your spouse?

Assume that the person with the sexually transmitted disease is honest with whoever they date about their condition
 
I don’t think it is unethical as long as the person does not wait too long to let the other person know. Obviously not on the first few dates, but sometime before there is a great attachment.
 
OP, you might want to read this. Others to be found using the search feature as well.
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Sexually transmitted disease and condoms Moral Theology
Would it be ok to use the condom for a noncatholic in order to avoid disease, not for anticonception? Is this a case of the principle of double effect?
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NFP and sexually transmitted diseases Family Life
I was wondering - there are so many threads on NFP lately. What if a couple is married and has been told to use condoms b/c one or both members has a sexually transmitted disease? Whether the disease is generally transmitted through sexual contact, like herpes (which cannot be cured), or if it is transmitted through blood-to-blood contact with a risk through (even ‘ordinary’) sex. Suppose someone has a condition that could be spread through sexual contact, and can’t be cured, and this happens…
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Let’s say it’s not curable. Let’s say it’s hiv or genital herpes
 
I know that Catholics can abstain in some circumstances but are not permitted to use condoms
 
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Why not???
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Do the moral evaluation.
What is the good at hand?
How might the action be ordered to that good?
What are the circumstances?
What are the intentions?

Morality evaluates human actions as they are ordered/disordered to the good.
 
So if someone, before they were Christian or through no fault of their own was born with an incurable sexually transmitted disease it is unethical for them to marry?
 
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So if someone, before they were Christian or through no fault of their own was born with an incurable sexually transmitted disease it is unethical for them to marry?
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So, the action is question is having sex with another knowing you will cause them harm by transmitting a disease. This offends their health and well being.
Is that the issue?
 
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No one said unethical to marry. Depending on the disease, things can be managed. Which you might know if you read the links provided.
 
Sometimes it helps to look from a different angle. Let’s say that either person has a genetic condition that has a 50 % or higher chance of being passed to any children. These folks are not barred from marriage.
 
Yes, and that would need to be disclosed and discussed as a real possibility.
 
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure the Church approves of Josephite marriages in certain circumstances.
 
It may not be necessary to have a Josephite marriage. But we cannot give medical advice so I am not going to say more than what has already been said.
 
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Assume that the person with the sexually transmitted disease is honest with whoever they date about their condition
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This is something that they should discuss with their prospective Spouse, Physician, and Priest. Depending on the disease, there are medications available to prevent and minimize outbreaks.
 
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