[2nd amendment mama]

"....but if some are, for whatever reason (used to be Episcopal) it makes you wonder what other tenets are “negotiable” in the long term, which makes me a little nervous, steadfastness in the face of change is what I like about the Catholic church....."

Are you aware that priests were allowed to be married up until the 8th century when the "steadfast" church changed it's rules about it? Read the Bible, especially 1 Corinthians 7:2, 1 Corinthians 9:5 and 1 Timothy 3:1.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Are you aware that priests were allowed to be married up until the 8th century when the "steadfast" church changed it's rules about it?

Nice try at revisionist history. Married men could be ordained but they were required to adopt the discipline of lex continentiae - total continence - with regard to a conjugal life with their spouse. Once ordained a single Priest has never been allowed to then marry. Suggest you brush up on Canons XXVII and XXXIII of the Council of Elvira, 295-302 AD, for starters.

Read the Bible, especially 1 Corinthians 7:2, 1 Corinthians 9:5 and 1 Timothy 3:1.

While you are reading the Bible, providing it isn't a heavily edited and abridged version of the original, pay close attention to Matthew 19:12, Matthew 19:27-30, Luke 18:28-32, 1 Corinthians 7:7-8 and 1 Corinthians 7:32-35.

Once you've done that and you have a desire not to come across as a fool opining on a topic you obviously know little about, read the following:

Although it's rather dry; which will probably turn you off, and you'll be unable to comprehend a lot of it, like Scripture, you should make an earnest attempt to engage in some much needed edification.

[MacMattico]

I am quite aware of that. That doesn't mean I want to change 1200 years of tradition in the church. Why not just willy nilly change and ignore the constitution? It's only a couple of a hundred years old. Oh yeah, we are doing that now, with disastrous results.