tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post6486624533440078181..comments2024-03-05T11:44:26.154-08:00Comments on The New Theological Movement: Same-sex "marriage" advocates are far too spiritualFather Ryan Erlenbushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07557817305024750902noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-439824828916920212011-10-18T11:18:17.590-07:002011-10-18T11:18:17.590-07:00@no theo. please,
1) If you keep comparing yoursel...@no theo. please,<br />1) If you keep comparing yourself and others to brute animals, perhaps people will begin to treat you like a beast.<br />What does it matter how an elephant acts? How does this determine anything about morality?<br /><br />2) An infertile couple is still open to generation ... the act itself is still ordered to life ... there is simply an impediment (the infertility) which keeps the act from being fruitful.<br />A homosexual couple is engaging in actions which cannot possibly produce life ... even if these same actions were performed between a man and a woman, they could not produce life.<br />Are you able to see the difference?Father Ryan Erlenbushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07557817305024750902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-56285366582957518992011-10-18T09:15:29.795-07:002011-10-18T09:15:29.795-07:00You make a slightly better argument with this one,...You make a slightly better argument with this one, but I will bring up only 2 points.<br />1)Many animals engage in homosexual behavior in nature.<br />2)This seems to suggest that marriage is impossible for infertile people. If a woman knows she is infertile and cannot reproduce, is it unethical for her to marry?no theocracy please.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-49026588209199271632011-07-12T23:02:59.701-07:002011-07-12T23:02:59.701-07:00An excellent article. Thank you!
But most Cathol...An excellent article. Thank you!<br /><br />But most Catholic writers also fall into this error of "spiritualizing" marriage. They talk about "the unique nature of man/woman love", and not about babies.Felixnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-34034303308794584932011-07-06T14:25:18.664-07:002011-07-06T14:25:18.664-07:00Ray W., PSC, Milton, FL
I present my freshman/ sop...Ray W., PSC, Milton, FL<br />I present my freshman/ sophomore college students with this image: Two gentlemen [or gentlewomen] bow to the audience, then removing their outer clothing, step into a spacious closet furnished with a bed.<br /><br />After a brief time lapse, light appears streaming from under the closet door. The light glows brighter and turns red. Much noisy shuffling about and groaning sounds are heard coming from the closet. The rattling noises cease, as does the light. Momentarily, a slight cloud of cigarette smoke is seen drifting from under the door.<br />The two men exit the closet - one dressed handsomely in fashion briefs, the other in Scottish tartan plaid relaxed-fit boxer shorts. <br />For purposes of this example, the men have remained willingly closet confined in the state of cohabitation for 9 months.<br />Then I ask the class, "Name one thing the two men can NEVER carry back outside and show the awaiting audience?<br />The class, almost unanimously, shouts "a baby" [a kid, a child].<br />Then, just to provoke thought, I beg to differ. "No", I say. "The men will always fail to produce a soldier (male or female)".<br />As a political moderate conservative, the first and foremost priority of a nation must be DEFENSE. For without a fighting force, there can be no defense, no nation, should matters reach the extreme. And a good defense, still, relies upon soldiers. So, why should homosexuals be given a tax write-off, for example, simply for signing a contract of "union", when they contribute nothing exceptional and fundamental to the nation's defense?<br />If this become the universal case in law, this homosexual marriage, then why not three men, or three women and a mouse, or a man a cat and a table lamp? Stranger arrangements have been sanctioned – THE YOUNG MAN WHO MARRIED AN Anime cartoon character; or the woman and a dolphin; or the man and his favorite dog. <br />Well, I want my share, too. So, if such exotic cases become law, then I have already selected my male partner. He's a guy who will never cause me trouble, or interrupt when I'm talking, or insist upon using the car when I want it, or eat that last piece of Ginny's fabulous quiche Florentine, or drip water on my side of the bed, or leave the toilet seat up. <br />No. If such a tax write-off is declared legal in such exotic cases, then I plan legally to marry the Man in the Moon. [RW]DR R WOLFhttp://Rwolf@pensacolastate.edunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-89947896354502684232011-07-05T08:31:23.069-07:002011-07-05T08:31:23.069-07:00Will the US doom herself to societal decline? Yep...Will the US doom herself to societal decline? Yep. Americans are wedded to their TV's, and they can now watch The Newleywed Game and giggle at the two men "newleyweds". They aren't even thinking about reproduction.<br />PerriAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-21527161074991442452011-07-04T13:23:22.579-07:002011-07-04T13:23:22.579-07:00A great display of how the Church and Catholicism ...A great display of how the Church and Catholicism deals with humanity: a human being is body and soul - you cannot ignore one and just live for the other. Thanks for this Father, a rational, down-to-earth argument at last. I hope that one day not just the USA (from which country the authors of this magnificent blog are from) but the whole world will realize the Truth!<br /><br /><i>"Ego sum Via, Veritas et Vita!"</i>Petrus Augustinushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03296159071531531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-35916803233216037722011-07-04T12:41:21.511-07:002011-07-04T12:41:21.511-07:00Being convinced of this single point (that just in...Being convinced of this single point (that just in the natural order of things marriage is for procreation and the raising of children) was the starting point that led me from secular, homosexual hedonism to the Church. A sad reflection of our society is that this was not a point I had ever heard in my life up to that point. It's no wonder our culture is embracing not only homosexual unions but also contraception, divorce, delayed marriage, sexual deviances, etc. Those are all directly related to this same view that is so prevalent in our society, that marriage is almost entirely about falling in love and about the personal, worldly happiness and pleasure of the spouses.AJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-63882872454304065152011-07-04T09:44:53.415-07:002011-07-04T09:44:53.415-07:00God have pity and mercy on our poor misguided coun...God have pity and mercy on our poor misguided country. What a mess!<br /><br />VeronicaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-25357796422668835352011-07-04T05:20:11.422-07:002011-07-04T05:20:11.422-07:00When I look into the mirror, I know that I come fr...When I look into the mirror, I know that I come from a father and a mother, a male and a female. Without either one, I will not exist in this world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com