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To: NYer
I hadn't seen or heard of this before. I'm taken aback, but the description of Brendan Fay's behavior fits with a click. There really are people like this in the world.

Thank you for posting the article.

Oh, and by the way.....anyone who is described as "gay", as I understand the term to be defined in the gay community, is not celibate. "Gay" describes a worldview and way of life that doesn't include celibacy, or even, as far as I can ascertain, much reflection or self-examination. Except in the mirror.

8 posted on 08/18/2002 3:25:47 PM PDT by lentulusgracchus
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To: lentulusgracchus
Oh, and by the way.....anyone who is described as "gay", as I understand the term to be defined in the gay community, is not celibate. "Gay" describes a worldview and way of life that doesn't include celibacy,

I can't imagine where you got this idea, but it certainly isn't accurate. No one in the gay community would assume that because someone identifies themselves as gay, that person has necessarily had physical homosexual experience. The term describes an orientation, not a sexual history, just as the term straight or heterosexual would not be assumed to automatically imply sexually experienced. Most people -- gay or straight -- have an idea of their sexual orientation long before they actually have sex. All the evidence suggests that Father Judge self-identified as gay, but no evidence I've seen suggests that he didn't adhere his priestly vow of celibacy.

45 posted on 08/18/2002 8:37:10 PM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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