Well, if you're the head of the church you do, at least. And since God is, and it's His Church, I reckon that's that, hunh?
If you don't like priestly celibacy, then perhaps you shouldn't become a priest.
As for scripture, tell me, where does scripture get its authority?
SCRIPTURE gets its authority from God... that’s a given. BUT nowhere that I have seen in scripture does it say that church officials should be UNMARRIED. So that’s my question... from whence is this authority derived and why? It’s an honest question. I really want to know.