Are there rules about how long you have to wait after having sex with a woman? What, exactly, counts as "sex" in this context? If you only ashamedly paid for gay sex, rather than having a open relationship and as part of the 'gay culture', is that better or worse?
I can see the T-shirt now: "Priest in Training: 2 years and 362 days to since last Saturday."
The old rule was that priests could not be gay, but they did not say exactly what that meant. Does a single homosexual experience make one "gay"? Or is it merely an instance of sin? Clearly, under the old rules, a few acts could be forgiven as sins. And priests were not required to be free of sin or free of lusty thoughts.
The new rules are more strict. Even a single act in the previous three years is now unforgiveable for a priest. And once may not even have "tendencies" or support gay culture. Pretty harsh, if you ask me.
I still like the joke at the end of "The Aristocrats" the best:
"I was out to dinner and saw a couple of priests dining together at a neighboring table. I didn't know whether to send them a bottle of wine or a Cub Scout."
What is the difference between "transitory" (which sounds like a bad traveling habit) and "Deep-seated" homosexuality?
It shows a complete lack of sophistication about homosexuality and people in general. Look, I am heterosexual and there is nothing you can do to change that. So why do people think homosexuality is a "condition" than can be "cured" or a deviant behavior that can be modified? The Church says homosexuality is a, "sexual tendency and not an identity." What-everrrrr.
You know, as Freud might point out, all of that sexual repression results in a Church overly obsessed with sex.
Are there rules about how long you have to wait after having sex with a woman? What, exactly, counts as "sex" in this context? If you only ashamedly paid for gay sex, rather than having a open relationship and as part of the 'gay culture', is that better or worse?
ReplyDeleteI can see the T-shirt now: "Priest in Training: 2 years and 362 days to since last Saturday."
Or just: Silence = Silence
// posted by LTG
The old rule was that priests could not be gay, but they did not say exactly what that meant. Does a single homosexual experience make one "gay"? Or is it merely an instance of sin? Clearly, under the old rules, a few acts could be forgiven as sins. And priests were not required to be free of sin or free of lusty thoughts.
ReplyDeleteThe new rules are more strict. Even a single act in the previous three years is now unforgiveable for a priest. And once may not even have "tendencies" or support gay culture. Pretty harsh, if you ask me.
I still like the joke at the end of "The Aristocrats" the best:
ReplyDelete"I was out to dinner and saw a couple of priests dining together at a neighboring table. I didn't know whether to send them a bottle of wine or a Cub Scout."
Yeah.
BL
// posted by Bob Lewis
What is the difference between "transitory" (which sounds like a bad traveling habit) and "Deep-seated" homosexuality?
ReplyDeleteIt shows a complete lack of sophistication about homosexuality and people in general. Look, I am heterosexual and there is nothing you can do to change that. So why do people think homosexuality is a "condition" than can be "cured" or a deviant behavior that can be modified? The Church says homosexuality is a, "sexual tendency and not an identity." What-everrrrr.
You know, as Freud might point out, all of that sexual repression results in a Church overly obsessed with sex.
// posted by USWest
It is appalling that a man calling himself the Vicar of Christ can think of nothing better to do than go on a witchhunt for gays.
ReplyDelete// posted by LTG