tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38413397.post7856676015193089944..comments2023-12-19T15:10:02.866-08:00Comments on ex cathedra: Ex Cathedra, moderate at heartUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38413397.post-61734990272863058272013-05-06T13:34:22.277-07:002013-05-06T13:34:22.277-07:00There is no provision in Catholicism for homosexua...There is no provision in Catholicism for homosexuals to do something constructive with their desire. Oh sure, their feelings are not "sinful," insofar as temptations are not sinful, but even gay Catholic bloggers confess that coming out to their parish brings scrutiny and suspicion, some condemnatory, some well-intentioned, all painful. Try as they might, orthodox Catholics will always view homosexuality as perverse and horrible. Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of thieves, but where is the patron saint of homosexuals? How can an act that they admit tries to express love (but fails) be worse than a willful act of selfishness?<br /><br />I was quite disgusted by comments on an article about non-practicing pedophiles that were generally more accommodating that the comments on a positive discussion of the gay character on Downtown Abbey, whom the article contended was made sympathetic through his homosexuality. Surely I'm not the only one who is dismayed at the equivalence between the union of two freely consenting adults and a predator and a victim. <br /><br />On a related note, I have taken to conversational prayer under the stars. Night has always been more spiritually/religiously charged for me than day. I still feel no guilt, only regret that I had to make this decision. But I'm at peace with it and oddly content. Certainly more content than I have been in a while. My only prayer for myself was that if J is indeed gay, that something good comes out of a relationship. <br /><br />First steps into larger worlds, and all that. <br /><br />-SeanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com