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Bishop Matthew Clark's March 1997 Homily for Gays and Lesbians

 

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[tuesday afternoon]

I think, for example, of how we all need to be as much in touch as we can possibly be with biblical scholarship as it applies to this question. Because I'm afraid the bible is used in ways that are not life-giving, but destructive as it's quoted about gay and lesbian people. I think we need to learn from the human sciences the research of which has yielded a lot of new information that I believe we have not as yet integrated into our knowledge and value systems and which we do not appreciate as elements which can alter honestly held but incorrect assumptions about other persons in our community.

So he believes the bible and the Church are wrong about homosexuality. No wonder he welcomes homosexual priests. Wonder what he thinks about chastity?