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To: marshmallow
The premise of the article is wrong. The issue is chastity, not celibacy.

It is generally said that the characteristics that make one a good priest are exactly the same as would make that same man a good husband and father. That being said, one of the best priests I know is a chaste homosexual. In a moment of candor he once told me "does it really matter who I am not doing it with"? He is a deeply religious man with incredible strength, compassion, and courage.

17 posted on 03/03/2011 10:12:33 AM PST by Natural Law
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To: Natural Law

I’ve met three priests who set off my gaydar. One was young and awkward but I thought he would mature well. The other two were older men, much more polished and experienced, but very self-conscious and concerned with their prerogatives, and Mass was always a performance for them.

One still runs the parish in my town,and there is something creepy and anti-God there.


18 posted on 03/03/2011 10:36:44 AM PST by heartwood
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