I had a conversation with a friend the other day about a woman she met
and ended up discussing gay issues...and the woman's Fundamentalist church. My
friend has been socializing with my partner and me for at least twenty years,
and she loves us both...always hopes we'll finally have a wedding. The woman
told her that her church believes that homosexuality is "an inclination that has
to be fought". That got me to thinking about the whole issue again, especially
in regard to my own Catholic church. I think being gay isn't an inclination
that I have, it's who I am. I love women, I love being with them and having them
in my closest circle of people...I love how they think, how they view the world
etc etc etc...but I'm not sexually attracted to women. I have an inclination to
write..or to work in my garden...or travel...or read...or hang around with Woof,
but I'm not simply "inclined" to be gay. Why would I want to fight who I am?
That's a twisted concept.
I know that the Vatican call's homosexuality an "intrinsic disorder". I
of course don't see it as any sort of a disorder....that implies an unhealthy
personality. ( The AMA and DSM disagree with the Church as well.)
Now we've all heard "love the sinner...but hate the sin"...and my church
says that being homosexual is alright...but any homosexual acts are sinful. So
a celibate homosexual is acceptable. No Thanks...not me. Now of course there is
more than one Mr Michelle Bachman out there trying to make homosexuals into
heterosexuals, and the damage that causes is just astounding. Ain't gonna
happen. If you are reading this blog, you are either heterosexual or homosexual
(or bi sexual), can YOU imagine a big switcheroo?
While the archbishop of LA just resigned because he has two kids, a local
priest is enroute to jail for child pornography , priestly pedophiles have
damaged the church, Fundamentalist preachers get caught paying hustlers,
jeeeeeze.
There are many many very good, very healthy, well adjusted people who are
not welcome in many churches...because they're not either fighting themselves or
because they have fallen in love and want to spend their life with another
person. The Bishop in Minnesota who has added a prayer to the liturgy that begs
God to prevent same sex marriages might well consider something a little
healthier to sweep across those cold cities.
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