Why is Homosexuality Wrong?

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Homosexual behavior/lifestyle/actions are wrong.

It’s a sin because the behavior/lifestyle/actions change how we view sex. Homosexual actions are not ordered toward unity or procreation.

Also, since homosexuals can never be married to each other in the eyes of Our Lord, their actions would always fall under the category of “fornication” no doubt.
 
Why are they not conducive to unity?
Why are sexual unions required to only be procreative?
 
PumpkinBunny said:
Why are they not conducive to unity?
Why are sexual unions required to only be procreative?
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They are not conducive to unity because they are not procreative, nor could it ever be possible for it to be procreative/unitive for obvious reasons.

Sexual intercourse must be ordered toward procreation (that doesn’t mean that a person has to have a baby every time they have sex, it just means they have to be open to life every time they have sex, basically) because that’s what sex is intended to do; create life. Being procreative/open to life within the context of marriage also means the relationship is unified.

Once we start going against what we are naturally ordered for, there are always tragic consequences. History shows us this, as well as common sense.
 
To put it briefly, God created man and woman to be physically, sexually, complementary. They are able to unite physcially in an act of marital intercourse. One can only engage in such unitive and potentially procreative acts with a member of the opposite sex.
 
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      Homosexuality has been around for a long long long time....

    And I doubt it will ever stop ... there has been arguments for and against...

  people have been stoned to death,jailed,persecuted, examined, experimented with.....

all to no avail , should this then make it acceptable ?

is it just a part of the complex being that we are ?

I don't know, but I understand these people,, even though I'm not one of them, nor do I wish to be.

 Yes I think it is wrong....

Sinful ?   I'l let others Judge... it's not for me or anyone else to Judge for fear of being Judged.
 
JimG said:
To put it briefly, God created man and woman to be physically, sexually, complementary. They are able to unite physcially in an act of marital intercourse. One can only engage in such unitive and potentially procreative acts with a member of the opposite sex.
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But why did He make it like that?
 
Phil_Marinus said:
Yes I think it is wrong…
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Isn’t being morally wrong the same as being sinful?
Phil_Marinus said:
Sinful ? I’l let others Judge… it’s not for me or anyone else to Judge for fear of being Judged.
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We can identify certain actions as immoral and sinful. We may not judge a person for we know not their hearts or the condition of their souls. Big difference.
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But why did He make it like that?
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I’m not answering for Jim, but probably for the same reason He made it like that in the same way that He made it that we have to eat food and nourish our bodies in order to continue living.
 
PumpkinBunny said:
Why are they not conducive to unity?
Why are sexual unions required to only be procreative?
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Because each sexual act must be open to the possibility of life. For this reason, homosexual activity can never be approved of under any circumstance.

Please note that it’s not the purpose of the sexual act to create new life but rather to be open to the possibility of life. There is a big difference here that is commonly misunderstood. For example, naturally infertile heterosexual spouses can still have a sexual act that does nothing to preclude the possibility of life, and is still open to new life even if a child is never conceived. The same cannot be said for the homosexual act which is, by definition, always closed to the possibility of life even if both participants are completely fertile.
 
Very simple the purpose of sex is to procreate. Nothing else. God made it fun so we would do it and continue the species.

Homosexual sex is contrary to God’s plan for humans concerning sex, and uses the sexual organs in a manner they were not designed for. Which God finds offensive.
 
MidnightSun12 said:
Because each sexual act must be open to the possibility of life. For this reason, homosexual activity can never be approved of under any circumstance.

Please note that it’s not the purpose of the sexual act to create new life but rather to be open to the possibility of life. There is a big difference here that is commonly misunderstood. For example, naturally infertile heterosexual spouses can still have a sexual act that does nothing to preclude the possibility of life, and is still open to new life even if a child is never conceived. The same cannot be said for the homosexual act which is, by definition, always closed to the possibility of life even if both participants are completely fertile.
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But there would be no possibility of life in a sterile couple.
 
Steveabrous said:
Very simple the purpose of sex is to procreate. Nothing else.
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Untrue, it is both procreative AND unitive, as the above posters have explained. The marital embrace brings together a husband and wife. They truly become “one flesh” in a unitive, procreative act.

The word “sin” means “to miss the mark”. In archery, if you don’t hit a bullseye, you have missed the mark. Under Divine Law, all things that are outside the order which God has set up for humankind are considered sin. For example, we owe worship to God alone who is worthy of our adoration. When we worship other gods, or objects, or something that is not God, we have sinned, because we have failed to give worship where it is due, and we have become idolatrous in putting our faith into something or someone else.

Only sex that is open to procreation within the context of a valid marriage is permitted by God because of His vision for the family as the building block of society. This rules out things like sodomy and masturbation. Two men cannot validly marry because they lack sexual complementarity. They cannot complete each other and become “one flesh”, because bottom line, they do not have the right equipment. Only one man and one woman are physically equipped by our Creator for the marital embrace and only they can complete it in the way God has ordained it.

The Church has done much research and development on these points, but the kernel of truth was in the Garden of Eden, when God created one man and one woman, and gave the woman to the man, and commanded them (and us) to “be fruitful and multiply.” That was not just an idle comment or suggestion. It is a divine command. We are obliged to explore the vocation of marriage, and if that be our calling, we are obliged to enter the covenant with the intent to be open to life and ready to bear children for the good of the Kingdom. Moses understood this when he gave the Law to the Hebrews. Prohibitions against homosexual acts are written in the Old Testament. The apostles wrote about it in their epistles, and the Church, through a sophisticated understanding of Divine Law, has validated and reaffirmed these eternal teachings.
But there would be no possibility of life in a sterile couple.
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Untrue. Abram’s wife Sarai was thought to be barren and too old, and yet she bore a son, Isaac, and Abraham became the father of nations through him. St. Elizabeth, Mary’s cousin, was also thought to be too old to bear children, and yet God blessed her and Zechariah with John the Baptist. Nothing is impossible with God. But a couple must put their faith in Him and only perform sex in a way that is open to life and ordered to procreation, whether or not it means that they will have a child as a result.
 
PetrusRomanus said:
Isn’t being morally wrong the same as being sinful?

We can identify certain actions as immoral and sinful. We may not judge a person for we know not their hearts or the condition of their souls. Big difference.

I’m not answering for Jim, but probably for the same reason He made it like that in the same way that He made it that we have to eat food and nourish our bodies in order to continue living.
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It is Always comforting for me to find people so much more intelligent than myself.....
 
He didn’t make it a sin. Mankind does that by doing that.

Think about the design of the construct that God created. Is homosexuality contrary and harmful to that design struct? So, if you made a pillowcase, embroidered it specially and put some hand tatted lace on it for someone and they used it to clean their toilet or wash the car, would it hurt your feelings a tad?
 
PumpkinBunny said:
But there would be no possibility of life in a sterile couple.
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The nature of the relationship of a sterile couple is still ordered toward life, even if they lack the capacity. And since their relationship is still ordered toward life, it is therefore also unitive.

A homosexual’s relationship is never ordered toward life, as this is the rule and always is the rule. Therefore, their relationship is never unitive.
 
Abbigaelann said:
He didn’t make it a sin. Mankind does that by doing that.

Think about the design of the construct that God created. Is homosexuality contrary and harmful to that design struct? So, if you made a pillowcase, embroidered it specially and put some hand tatted lace on it for someone and they used it to clean their toilet or wash the car, would it hurt your feelings a tad?
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How is it harmful?
 
PetrusRomanus said:
The nature of the relationship of a sterile couple is still ordered toward life, even if they lack the capacity. And since their relationship is still ordered toward life, it is therefore also unitive.

A homosexual’s relationship is never ordered toward life, as this is the rule and always is the rule. Therefore, their relationship is never unitive.
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How is it ordered towards life if they can’t fulfill half of it’s purpose? They can unify, but can’t procreate.
 
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