Catholics admit: we still can't stop thinking about sex all the time...

[acroyear]

Catholic bishops tell gays to remain celibate - Yahoo! News:

BALTIMORE (Reuters) - U.S. Catholic bishops said on Tuesday that gay men and women should be welcomed in the church but that those who engage in homosexual activity should not receive Communion.
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Guidelines adopted by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops encouraged gays and lesbians to participate in the church, while reaffirming long-standing church doctrine that same-sex activity, as with any extramarital sex, is inherently sinful.

"Because homosexual acts cannot fulfill the natural end of human sexuality they are never morally acceptable," said Bishop Arthur Serratelli, who headed the committee that crafted the guidelines. "Such act furthermore do not lead to true human happiness."

What's next? "Bishops tell Catholic politicians to actually tell the truth!"

Courtesy of the Onion in a future issue, I'm sure.

Seriously, once again, American right-wing nutcases have decided that sex is sin and bad and evil if used for any reason other than procreation, which actually is AGAINST what Jesus said. More importantly, they have decided that it's the only sin that matters. You can lie, you can kill, you can steal, and not be necessarily refused at the table, but sex?

Gee, guys, obsess much?

Comments

[katrinb.livejournal.com]

What did Jesus say about sex and procreation? I don't really remember anything offhand. But then, I'm no expert.

[voltbang.livejournal.com]

Jesus doesn't like teh sexxy. Jesus just hangs out with the harlots and talks about harp music and investment portfolios.

[thatliardiego.livejournal.com]

Me, I'm wondering what bar they're hanging out at in town...

[motherwell.livejournal.com]

All I can say about this is that what little the Bible says about homosexuality doesn't exactly make for a clear Scriptural case against it. There's no Commandment against it, Jesus himself never mentions it, Leviticus is full of laws we ignore at will today, and the bit in Romans doesn't actually say it's bad -- it just mentions it as an example of general derangement while talking about something else entirely. If homosexuality is a "sin," it's not one worth mentioning at the highest levels. Whatever Jesus thinks of gays is nowhere near as clear as what he thinks of, say, treating others as we would like to be treated, helping the less fortunate, forgiving our enemies, and not bearing false witness against our neighbors.

This whole anti-gay thing is nothing but an orgy of scapegoating, digging up scraps of Scripture to excuse it. It's no more justified in Scripture than slavery or flat-Earthism.

[scaleslea.livejournal.com]

So let me get this stright (rimshot). Homosexuals are encouraged to participate in the Catholic Church. If they're chaste, then they can take communion, but if they have same gender sex then they've sinned and will be denied communion.

But isn't the job of the Catholic Church to allow people to find forgiveness for their sins? Are gays who continue to have sex any less deserving of forgiveness than an alcoholic who won't stop drinking, but regularly confesses and takes mass?

What's that I smell? Oh, it's flaming hypocracy.

Doc