Posted on 04/06/2008 2:09:23 PM PDT by Pyro7480
As best as I can determine, my same-sex attraction began in reaction to my father, who was a violent alcoholic. He often drank, came home to throw things around the house and abuse my mother in addition to threatening me and my brother. I thought he hated us. Consequently, I didn’t want to be anything like him.
In my sorrow, I started looking for the love of my father in thearms of other men. At age 17, a predator took advantage of me under the teacher/pupil dynamic and I became completely mixed up about human sexuality. Over the years, one thing led to another until I moved in with a man more than 20 years my senior....
From 1990 to 1994, I went to Mass off and on. In 1995, I told my "partner" that I couldn’t go anymore because I was very angry with the Church. I boxed up all my crucifixes and Bibles and dropped them off at the office of the bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin with a letter renouncing the Catholic faith.
To my surprise, Bishop Raymond Burke replied with a kind letter expressing his sadness. He wrote that he would respect my decision and notify the parish where I had been baptized. Ever so gently, Bishop Burke said that he would pray for me and look forward to the time when I would reconcile with the Church....
As someone who suffered in the state of mortal sin for many years, I assure you that there is no happiness outside of the moral order. The only authentic response to the challenge of same-sex attraction and sin is the truth in the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
(Excerpt) Read more at clmagazine.org ...
Hat-tip to Dawn Eden
Another excerpt from the article:
Before we go any further, it is important to realize a major cause of same-sex attraction disorder. As a former insider of the community, I can tell you that the so-called gay rights/abortion rights coalition is a proximate result of the contraceptive mentality which was predicted 40 years ago by Pope Paul VI in Humanae Vitae. People abusing one another as sexual objects brought about a mainstream culture of death that tolerates and advocates all kinds of adultery and child abuse, including abortion. This selfish mentality also led to human embryonic stem cell research and euthanasia.
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God bless this gentleman, and that fine writer Dawn Eden, too!
And Bishop Raymond Burke!
Yes, indeed. Raucous round of applause, a Guinness, and a kitten to Bishop Burke!
A kitten? ;-)
I always try to give people I admire a kitten. You don’t like kittens?
Sigh. Most people want the Guinness, but only a few want a kitten.
I’m a cat person actually, though I never actually owned one, outside of the stray I briefly took care of when I was a kid. I just thought that was a random thought on your part. ;-)
Sigh. Most people want the Guinness, but only a few want a kitten.
You have a female cat (with kittens), don't you?
Actually, I don’t. My most recent kitten is almost a year old now. My neighbors across the street have kittens, though, and my kids are nagging for another one.
Kittens are a Restorative, like Guinness.
You could be a cat-foster-parent, if your circumstances don’t lend themselves to a long-term commitment to a cat.
I can see how you could get that impression. It’s just a literary trope, really.
If sexual abuse of children were to be completely eliminated, I think the number of gays in society would shrink drastically.
God bless him for having the courage to speak out. He will be attacked for it.
We couldn't pawn any of ours off either - currently we have eight.
Excellent!
Just in case anyone wasn’t clear on just how cool (and holy) Archbishop Burke is. Someone get that man a red hat!
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