[babylonian]

All this business about sex in the Catholic church reminds me of the brouhaha over cigarettes. That they cause health problems is nothing new, but people winning big lawsuits because "they didn't know"? We were calling them coffin nails fifty years ago!

Fifty years ago my dad was a cop in Nashville. He went on many a call to the Bishops private residence (owned by the church!) where loud, wild orgies were routine. His descriptions of what he saw made my hair stand on end!

Why is everybody suddenly pretending to be shocked over all this?

[Bluntpoint]

My neighbor, in the 1980s, was a practicing homosexual when he joined the seminary. After joining, he would have cookouts and parties at his house with fellow seminary students, brothers and an occasional priest.

It looked like a seen from Caligula. Oiled backrubs and all.

Gave me the ebbies.

[eastsider]

We know that there's a cause and effect relationship between smoking cigarettes and lung problems, so IMO, when you smoke, you assume the risk. No such cause and effect relationship exists, however, between celibacy and sexual behavior, disordered or otherwise.