[JimVT]

More specifically, Catholics are debating whether being gay should be sufficient cause to exclude a man from the priesthood or whether a man's ability to honor vows of celibacy --regardless of his sexuality --should be decisive

The first thing every Catholic should do is drop the word "gay" from their vocabularies when referring to homosexuals

[Notwithstanding]

Ditto - see my post 2 above.

[St.Chuck]

How about dropping the term homosexual? Sodomite is the proper description.