Ping!
By prohibition they mean ‘open door’
Room full of naked men? Watch for a "reaction"? Room full of naked women? Watch for a "reaction"?
Who's gonna do the "watching"?
Do you just "ask" a guy if he's "gay"?
Suppose it's too early to tell? Suppose he lies? (I know, but it does happen.).
Are those in the seminary who are already "gay" grandfathered?
Yikes, what a problem!
"Never mistake tolerance for acceptance."
I think the Church should be careful about the whole “no priests with deep seated homosexual tendencies” thing. THe Church could go too far with this: one’s sexual orientation is not a sinful matter. One’s acting out on that orientation may be a sinful matter. And that goes for straight men just as well as gay men. So they should add “no deep seated hetero tendencies” as well, if they mean they don’t want people who can’t control their urges
Presciending from any form of sexual activity, is the desire for fine food, fine and exquisite living accommodations, long surplices and pretty vestments?
Is the admiration of female parishioners “ Father is sooo wonderful” ; distain for substantive projects (other than raising money ) with men, tightly supervised delegation of most pastoral work to others “Father is so busy” , unwillingness to walk the streets to meet parishioners, interest in “control rather than empowerment of parishioners, no new ideas least they interfere with “comfort” - are these part of gay culture?
More interest in movies, plays, actresses, Brittany, and boys rather than substantive theology and pastoral activity?
Since I belong not to the “club”, I ask. Obviously priests of today are quite different than those of the 50’s Is it because of the “gay culture” that has infected the priesthood. ?????
As Fr. Z. said, “Which part of ‘No!’ don’t you understand?”
Homosexuals need to keep in mind, however, that the good news of the gospel is not about how God despises same-sex sexual relationships. In fact, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 indicates that certain members of that church had been slaves to such relationships but had been cleansed in Jesus' name. So these former homosexuals had evidently repented and accepted God's grace to straighten their lives out.
John 3:16
Revelation 3:20