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To: DieHard the Hunter

“If I have read and understood this correctly, it is OK to be Catholic and a Homosexual, both at the same time. True?”

An outisder here, but from the Jewish perspective, it depends if one defines “being gay” as:

(1) having unnatural sexual attraction to the same sex
-or-

(2) performing sex acts with those of the same sex.

Situation 1 is unfortunate handicap, but not inconsistent with being a good Jew (or, I presume, a good Roman Catholic), assuming no actual unnatural sex occurs.

Situation 2 IS inconsistent with being a good Jew (and, I presume, a good Roman Catholic).

A trickier issue is an attitude of rebellion -— as in, someone who thinks it’s “OK” to have unnatural attraction to the same sex, but does not act on it, because, well, the Rules are the Rules. A difficult connundrum, but, I’ve never seen it, and,candidly, doubt such a connundrum is possible, as those who reject the Law as silly, tend to act as such.


21 posted on 04/14/2009 9:26:34 AM PDT by Jewbacca (Yes, I am very hairy and good with small arms.)
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To: Jewbacca; DieHard the Hunter
What you said (from a Jewish perspective) is exactly what we believe (from a Catholic perspective.)

So, thank you.

Pleased t'meet ya. Love your tagline, too.

36 posted on 04/14/2009 10:23:23 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom...though it cost all you have, get understanding" - Prov. 4)
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