[marshmallow]

The worst of all scenarios. Better to keep quiet and say nothing than to make dogmatic statements and then apologize for them when the heat goes on. The latter simply emboldens the speech police and strengthens their belief that with sufficient menaces, all resistance can be overcome.

[publius911]

Swiss Bishop Apologizes for Calling Homosexual Acts 'Abomination'

I sure am glad that I realized that the church had left me about 20 years ago; about the same time that parishioners worldwide were paying millions$ for the sins of the church leadership in hiding or moving around homosexual priests.

The pro-sodomy perverts discovered that suing the guilty priests was pointless.

This new development, officially to start embracing a "PC" posture and "evolving," seems to be a self-serving development which just makes a pathetic condition worse.

[jwalsh07]

Not the first to deny God, will not be the last.

[Arthur McGowan]

There’s a way to express the Catholic Church’s teaching on the Sixth Commandment without even mentioning any “groups,” or “oppressed minorities,” etc.

“Except in the case of mutual acts between husband and wife that are in themselves apt for and open to the transmission of life, all deliberate seeking of venereal pleasure is grave matter.”

Just let some rabble in the street try to come up with chants and signs responding to that statement.

[Burkean]

Calling the acts an abomination is one thing, but calling for those who commit them is out of line except in Islamic countries.

[mlizzy]

He's older and probably didn't want to spend time in prison, so he buckled. If only he could see his future, though..... he might be burning with desire to go back to his original exclamation..

We can pray for the man (and for America too); how 'bout today? Feast of the Assumption [8-15-15] is not a Holy Day of Obligation this year, as it falls on a Saturday, but that doesn't mean we can't go. Check on a Mass in your area.

[Salman]

... emboldens the speech police ...

It's not just the speech police. The thought police are waiting in the wings.

[trebb]

Question - I know the Bible calls homosexuality all sorts of bad names, but does it ever actually say it is a sin? The wages of any sin is death if we haven't accepted our salvation through Christ, but does something termed as an abomination/vile/disgusting automatically qualify as sin?

Adultery is a sin, but I haven't seen sex of unmarried men/women being termed as a sin either - it is discussed as an affront to your body and as "undesirable, but not as a sin.

I'm not trying to stir any pots, I'm asking if we are on the wrong track with our definitions - any Biblical words (in context) to support one side or the other would be appreciated. I understand that God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, but they also contained many who "indulged" who were committing adultery on top of the unnatural acts - the mere destruction of them does not answer the sin question. After all - God also "choked" a bunch of folks in the desert for whining about Manna and wanting real meat...