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To: eater-of-toast

Other faiths and denominations that have married clergy deal with the same problems; ministers, rabbis, and coaches simply abuse the power regardless of whether or not they are married.

Catholic priests in the eastern Churches can marry. I believe there is a rationale to the celibacy, as all of the apostles (our first priests) were martyred save one.


145 posted on 10/14/2014 1:36:05 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: kearnyirish2

Allowing priests to marry wouldn’t eliminate the problem—professions that offer intimate access to children will always attract some perverts—but it would decrease the problem by making more of a place in the profession for people with a normal, healthy sexuality that they don’t want to have to conceal.


153 posted on 10/14/2014 7:27:59 PM PDT by eater-of-toast ("It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones." --Calvin Coolidge)
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