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"I'm sure you can imagine the outraged shrieks of "Taliban!" that would arise if I mentioned this on a more general FR thread ... so maybe it's understandable that the Church spokesmen don't go back to the foundation and say, "This behavior is sinful: no matter who, no matter when, no matter how old, no matter what sex ... this is wrong."

Oh, you have hit the nail SQUARELY on the head! I just thought of the same thing myself, and thought also of the number of nominal Catholics (as well as others) who will be aghast at such a concept. We have sunk so low in regard to sexual morality that I wonder if we will ever again be able to express the truth that any sexual activity outside of marriage is sinful. To our shame (sin and shame...hmmm...), and in our rush to be "accepted," we have allowed the opposition to steal not just the game, but its terminology.