[trisham]

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."

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Agreed. There are those who will not accept any limits at all, particularly those that are prescribed by religion/God. Just try introducing the subject of sin in one of those conversations. It will be met with either laughter, bewilderment, or outrage.

[Tax-chick]

There are those who will not accept any limits at all, particularly those that are prescribed by religion/God.

Exactly. They won't even allow for the theoretical possibility of objective morality. None of us is proposing making laws based on Catholic teaching ... but listen to the howls of "Theocracy!" if you even say, "That's immoral."