For et par uker siden hadde en amerikansk, katolsk biskop blitt invitert til å snakke til en «gay pride» gruppe katolikker. De hadde visst venta at han skulle støtte dem i deres valg av seksualliv, og blei så sinte da han klart presenterte Kirkens syn at noen gikk ut under biskopens tale, og arrangørene etterpå beklaga at biskopen var invitert til å tale. Her er litt av det biskopen sa:
Let me be clear here. Sexual intercourse, outside of the marriage covenant between a man and a woman, can be alluring and intoxicating but it will not lead to that liberating journey of true self-discovery and an authentic discovery of God. For that reason, it is sinful. Sexual relations between people of the same sex can be alluring for homosexuals but it deviates from the true meaning of the act and distracts them from the true nature of love to which God has called us all. For this reason, it is sinful.
Married love is a beautiful, heroic expression of faithful, life-giving, life-creating love. It should not be accommodated and manipulated for those who would believe that they can and have a right to mimic its unique expression. …
We should let the words of St. Paul haunt us and unsettle us: “Do not conform yourself to this age.” In so many ways we can allow ourselves to be duped, fooled, by the fads and trends of this age. It is far better that we allow ourselves to be drawn into the ways and the manners of Jesus. The Lord Jesus challenges us as he challenged his friend, Simon Peter, to not conform to what is fashionable and convenient. He has so much more to offer us. Do not think as others do. Let us think as God does. He shows us the way, the truth, and the life.
Les mer om dette i California Catholic Daily og hos Father Z.