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I suppose it's time for the courts to dig in and further define "adultery" to include any and all forms of sexual contact with someone other than your spouse (oral forms as well as sodomy). I think that's very clear to most laymen. It may be embarrassing and messy, but getting into these details would make this kind of silly loophole less likely to occur.
I don't think is a "damn those liberals" type of issue.

As an aside: I don’t understand the uproar over “gay” priests. I surround gay with rabbit ears only to show its irrelevance. Priests are supposed to be sexless, right? Those celibacy vows really level the field between gay and straight priests, do they not? The fact that such a small percentage of pedophiles are homosexual really would cause me to trust a priest who had once been homosexual (before taking his vows) more than the average priest.

I suppose it's time for the courts to dig in and further define "adultery" to include any and all forms of sexual contact with someone other than your spouse (oral forms as well as sodomy).

From your other comments I can't tell if you are being facetious or not. So my apologies if you are.

It is, rather, time for the legislature to dig in and define things. That is what legislatures are for. To write law. If a definition needs changed, that is who should do it.

Priests are supposed to be sexless, right? Those celibacy vows really level the field between gay and straight priests, do they not?

I realize you've joined FR just today, so perhaps that explains why you've misinterpreted the whole N.H. gay priest issue. We're talking about the Episcopal (or Anglican) Church, not the Roman Catholic Church. The former permits priests to marry. But I think you must have known that.

As an aside: I don’t understand the uproar over “gay” priests. I surround gay with rabbit ears only to show its irrelevance. Priests are supposed to be sexless, right? Those celibacy vows really level the field between gay and straight priests, do they not?

The second law of homosexuality:

To the mentally healthy (heterosexual), sex is something you do
To the mentally diseased ('homosexual'), sex is everything you are

The problem with 'homosexual' priests is that they are never celebate. They define their entire lives and identities by their sexual behavior. Without their sexual behavior they are nothing. If they are celibate then they are not 'homosexual'.

Those who practice this behavior have already declared that God doesn't exist or at least that He doesn't mean what He says in His word. Breaking such a little thing as a vow of celibacy is trivial to someone who routinely commits abomination against God and man.

Thos who commit homosexual behavior cannot be trusted as they will also commit any other perversion that crosses their mind

The fact that such a small percentage of pedophiles are homosexual really would cause me to trust a priest who had once been homosexual (before taking his vows) more than the average priest.

The fact is that a large percentage of pedophiles practice homosexual behavior. And since it's been proven that a person who practices homosexuality is from 13 to 30 times more likely to also practice child molesting, I'd think twice or three times about trusting them anywhere near your children or anyone's children (including their own) for that matter