I agree with you. I struggle with SSA and if there is a way to fix it, I believe that its a good thing. The more “right” we are, the more we reflect God’s divine order and the more likely we are to achieve holiness.
Is it a defect?
Does it need to be fixed?
You brother sounds like a good and practicle person, I wish him all the best.Again, I will use my brother as an example. He had his feet straightened several times when he was growing up, so he could walk like everyone else. Doctors also offered to straighten his wrists when he was a teenager (they are bent similar to someone with palsy), but if they did it his wrists would be fused. That would mean he would lose most of the freedom of movement he had. The straightening was more for aesthetics - so he could shake hands like everyone else. He said, “forget it! If they don’t want to shake my hand as it is, who needs them!”
The question still remains, do they need to be “fixed”?
Actually its not as ridiculous as you think (which is unfortunate and scarey). They were/still are considered “impairments” by some, Pele used to have to bleach his skin to play football and represent his country.
Perhaps they dont acknowlege it as a mental disorder because it isnt a mental disorder.
Even if we assume that is true, that still wouldnt make it a mental disorder.
being a grave sin does not make it a mental disorder. Dont forget that picking up sticks/collecting fire wood on a Saturday was/is a grave sin, that was punishable by death.
That is a bit of a contradiction.
Thanks. so it is disordered in that the objective of the love is not the opposite sex?
Of course. I don’t think anyone here would say homosexuals cannot experience love for each other. And the physical expression of that love, the way to share intimacy between the couple, is through a homosexual act.
If it is a genetic trait, then yes, I would call it a defect. That wouldn’t make someone any “less human”, less important, etc., but I think it is pretty easy to see from a biological, evolutionary and Natural Law perspective that it is a defect.
Need? That would be best left up to the person. Does near-sightedness need to be fixed? Keep in mind though, that the other probable outcome of genetic proof would be the eradication of homosexuality through abortion. No matter how much liberals say they love and accept homosexuals, they will be the first to abort a baby who was screened and found to be one. Ironically, it is a committed Catholic who would not, although they would instruct their child in Church teaching…which means chastity.
Sociologically, you are correct that racism has occurred, but from a biological standpoint there is nothing impaired about race.
Yes.
However, I know I learned a lot from the interchange, and I’m glad it remained civil.Perhaps starting a “part 2” of this thread might be an idea?To all,
I know this thread will be closed down shortly, and I want to thank everyone for their thoughts. You may have noticed that Gingerfish (the OP) didn’t hang around to hear any of the opinions.
Of course, we don’t all agree, but hopefully we better understand the various viewpoints. God bless.
I agree 100% and it’s relieving to see someone post on here with this type of attitude. I’ve been fairly discouraged and saddened by how severe some posters have been towards homosexuals…sin is sin…it almost seems that the sins of a homosexual somehow ‘trump’ the sins of others in some people’s opinion.
That sums up my feelings exactly! And, I figure, I should just be grateful I don’t have that particular cross.