[narses]

You're a good man Dr. Steve and it sounds like you married a good woman. I hope our brother Deacon Sinkspur reads your words. The issue is ORTHODOXY. Married priests are legal, they exist and they are NOT the issue. God is.

[drstevej]

Maybe sinky will become Protestant and we can find a place for him.

Nah, I don't think he's ready for anything that radical.

[Tantumergo]

"The issue is ORTHODOXY. Married priests are legal, they exist and they are NOT the issue. God is."

You are absolutely right here - and lack of orthodoxy is the reason why introducing married priests now might be disastrous.

There are already too many deacons who flout the Church's teaching on contraception and this problem would be compounded if we had men celebrating Mass who were in a constant state of mortal sin.

While I am not theologically opposed to the idea of married priests, the Church would really need to wait for all those Judas priests who have left to marry, die out before it would be a realistic possibility.

Otherwise few bishops would have the strength to refuse these traitors the chance to come back with all their other dissident agendas.