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To: sinkspur
Married men, on the other hand, can be, and are.>>

Yes they are, we have a few in a diocese in NJ. Some were Episcopalian Priests who came aboard when their church became too liberal and some are widowers. Weren't all but one of the 12 Apostles married?
5 posted on 04/02/2003 9:56:18 PM PST by Coleus (RU-486 Kills Babies)
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To: Coleus
Weren't all but one of the 12 Apostles married?

No,in fact there is not any indications in the Four Gospels that any of them were married.Peter at one time was married since he had a mother-in-law,but it is likely his wife predeceased him.

Be very careful when you advocate for married priests,in addition to taking a step backwards,it is a step toward what Future Church,We Are Church and Call To Action are counting on.

If man must have a companion,and if,homosexuality is an innate or inborn orientation then,of course,one should be able to live with and "love" the partner to whom "God" made them compatible. This is part one of their process to take over the CAtholic Church step by step,if they can't do it in one fell swoop.

Step 1)Make marriage of heterosexual priests an option and keep up the beat for "right relationships". (Have you not noticed this lately?)Step 2)Focus on all the happy married priests and their "right relatioonships" and start looking at those lonely men,who through an "accident of birth" cannot have a "right relationship" with a woman.

I won't go on but believe me it leads to women priests and an unrecognizable Catholic Church of happy,sexualized,fuzzy faithfilled people in "right relationships" with others and a happy God,looking at His happy people.What a vision!!!

19 posted on 04/03/2003 7:30:39 AM PST by saradippity
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