Catholic Stance on Homosexuals and Contraception Elicits Varied Views From Richmond Catholics
From the Richmond Times-Dispatch:
The Catholic Church isn't asking homosexuals to do anything that isn't also required of unmarried heterosexuals, say several Richmond-area Catholics.(emphasis added)
"I'm a widower, and I don't have sex," said Tom McGranahan, a member of St. Bridget Catholic Church on Three Chopt Road. "The only way the church allows sex is in marriage between a man and a woman."
McGranahan supports a statement about pastoral care to homosexuals adopted Tuesday at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops meeting in Baltimore. The statement reiterates church teaching that all homosexual acts are morally wrong but affirms the dignity of those with homosexual inclinations. It also says experiencing such an inclination is not in itself sinful.
The bishops' conference also approved a statement about contraception that encourages married couples who use artificial birth control to stop, as well as a statement that calls on all Catholics in "a state of serious sin" to refrain from Communion.
Finola Steiner, a member of Our Lady of Lourdes on Woodman Road, disagrees with McGranahan.
The bishops need to wake up, Steiner said. "Homosexuality is here, and it's not going away," she said. "I don't think homosexuality is a disorder. It's the way they are born. Most of the homosexual men I know are very, very caring people."
Steiner, who describes herself as a liberal Catholic who still has her faith, said: "Just about everybody I know is pro-family planning. I don't understand why [the bishops] don't get that part. I was born in Ireland, and I knew a lot of little girls whose moms died in childbirth because they had one child after another."
She also said: "It's wrong that divorced and remarried Catholics can't receive Communion unless they have an annulment. Everybody can't get an annulment. That punishes people. You don't know why they divorced."
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My Comments:
My friends and I are so enlightened. Why can't the Church just come around to our way of thinking?
posted by Pro Ecclesia 9:53 AM
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Most of the homosexual men I know are very, very caring people.
Why is it that people seem to assume that sexual sin makes you mean, and if your a nice person, whatever you're doing isn't a sin? I've seen this many times among liberal Catholics and I still don't get it.
The bishops need to wake up, Steiner said. "Homosexuality is here, and it's not going away,"
There are studies showing that homosexuality has been around since Christianity began too. The Church didn't change it's stance then and it isn't going to now!
In fact, homosexual activity was probably MORE prevalent in the Greco-Roman world in which the Apostles did their missionary work than it is today.
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