Then why do the Scriptures command us to judge righteously?
Amen!
Indeed! So you do understand that we can indeed judge. In fact, we are commanded to judge.
Actually, what he said is, “I don’t condemn you.”
Amen!
Amen!
Sex can be a sin. Unless you think sex is good, at all times, in all places, in all circumstances?
Right back at 'cha!
On the contrary, marriage is first about sexuality. It has to be, because marriage, since the beginning of civilization, has been the basis family, the means by which the next generation comes about. Otherwise, civilization dies out.Why do you say repugnant? It is unloving and disrespectful! Not a Catholic style…
Homosexual parents can sometimes be better than heterosexual parents. It depends on How much they Love their children and how they teach unconditional Love and respect of others. Faithful parents are important, and some gay couple are more faithful than some heterosexual couples… It is not about sexuality, it is about LOVE.
There is an agenda and there is not a slippery slope, but a further agenda.
And when they are separated, the Civil authorities will not be able to compulse the Churches to perform ceremonies that go against their faith. Although the pressure is on in this area. I notice that a couple recently successfully sued a Catholic photographer who refused to shoot a same sex ceremony.
How is it a “logical cop out”? It is really a matter of faith. The CC knows that God can cause the barren to reproduce. Therefore,you are wrong. A couple that does not believe they are able to procreate can most certainly enter into the marital embrace open to life, however slim the possibility. The openness is in the attitude, not the capability.
2358 The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfill God’s will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord’s Cross the difficulties they may encounter from their condition.
The photographer was a businessman offering a service to the public, and as such he was bound by all the non-discrimination laws that apply to businessmen offering services to the public. The church has specific exemption from those laws, for instance it can legally discriminate against women when appointing priests. The photographer would not legally be able to discriminate against women since, as a businessman, he does not have an exemption.
And God could cause two homosexuals to reproduce as well. If God is omnipotent, then such a thing would be perfectly possible. I do not find this argument very convincing; because an omnipotent God can do anything you cannot just assume that He will only act in one set of circumstances and not in another.
Homosexuals are not infertile. They do have children of their own. Sometimes with a previous relationship, sometimes with IVF, sometimes with adoption. Thus, they can be legitimate parents.
The homosexual sex act is not ordered towards procreation. It can’t, and will never be able to, produce offspring.
As it applies to this discussion’s definition of discrimination, Jesus NEVER discriminated!
But homosexual sex is.
Can you tell me, which one of those two examples you would chose as a fair example of a Catholic Marriage?:
Heterosexual couples are also infertile sometimes. John Paul II supports sex during periods of infertility because it is also an act on union between two lovers.
Weak rhetorical question is weak.
I do believe that we must reclaim the word “discrimination”.
