[gcruse]

Uhmm, did I say "giving birth?" Shame on me if I did.
Living a life devoid of something as integral as human sexuality when one has the ability to do otherwise is a
pointless sacrifice. God does not demand it, Jesus did
not require it.

[RobbyS]

The single person does not lose his sexuality. Of course some cultures think so. The macho culture of Spain made men think less of the priest as a man because he did not lie with women and was very forgiving of him if he took a concubine. A famous tale of Junipero Serra has him taking a branding iron and in the presence of the soldiers with him searing shut a badly ulcerated knee without flinching.