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To: NorthMountain; NYer
Here's what the Catholic Catechism has to say about homosexuality, in its entirety. (Numbers are paragraph numbers as clickable links.)

As you can see, a homosexual "tendency" is objectively disordered. It is not a sin in itself, but a tendency and temptation to that particular sin.

2357 Homosexuality refers to relations between men or between women who experience an exclusive or predominant sexual attraction toward persons of the same sex. It has taken a great variety of forms through the centuries and in different cultures. Its psychological genesis remains largely unexplained. Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, tradition has always declared that "homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered." They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved.

2358 The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfill God's will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord's Cross the difficulties they may encounter from their condition.

2359 Homosexual persons are called to chastity. By the virtues of self-mastery that teach them inner freedom, at times by the support of disinterested friendship, by prayer and sacramental grace, they can and should gradually and resolutely approach Christian perfection.


31 posted on 05/12/2015 9:24:58 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Mater et Magistra.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o
"homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered."

Yes.

That's the phrase I was vaguely misremembering.

If somebody told me that I was doing (or desired to do) something "intrinsically disordered" ... I would not take that as approval.

34 posted on 05/12/2015 10:53:56 AM PDT by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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