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To: MadRobotArtist
Your argument does not compute. First, you say that "Although priests are supposed to be celibate, it's the sin that makes one evil", and then you say ". I say defrock all gay priests. Remove them from their posts".

IF you define homosexuality as a sexual attraction to your own sex, and if a priest by that definition is and remains celibate, then how can you argue that he should be defrocked. He has committed no sin.

No--zero tolerance should be based on ACTS OF WILL--not thoughts. If ANY priest commits a CRIME (sexual acts with a minor of EITHER sex) then they should be turned in to the civil authorities for adjudication. Where the church has fallen down is that they have tried to handle these matters internally and secretly.

130 posted on 04/26/2002 8:52:48 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog
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To: Wonder Warthog
Actually, If you are Gay, regardless if you are sexually active, you are an abomination to God. That is God's word, and that should be enough for anyone.
133 posted on 04/26/2002 6:10:43 PM PDT by MadRobotArtist
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