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Sex and the Church
by
Pat McArron
It has become glaringly clear that our Church has a hang up when it comes to sex. There is this incredible fixation with chastity and celibacy. It is practically an obsession. Over the years it has become very apparent that the leaders of our Church have a huge inferiority complex and must therefore compensate for it by pontificating to everyone how they are to live their lives. I, for one, have had it up to my eyeballs with all the "sanctimonious crap" as Martha would say. Thank God for DIGNITY.I am sick and tired of all the little catch phrases like, "acts of grave depravity", "intrinsically disordered", or one of my all time favorites "contrary to natural law." Give me a break. Get real. Thank God for DIGNITY. The "new" and "improved" edition of the "Catechism of the Catholic Church states that "homosexual persons are called to chastity. By the virtues of self-mastery that teach them inner freedom, at times by the support of disinterested friendship, by prayer and sacramental grace, they can and should gradually and resolutely approach Christian perfection." What a bunch of baloney. Thank God for DIGNITY. I used to think how nice it would be if some day there would be no need for DIGNITY. Ha - it will be a rainy day in hell before that ever happens. As long as we have clergy who insist on the notion that genital sex is in and of itself perverse between two persons of the same sex there will never be a day when DIGNITY is not needed. Thank God for DIGNITY. The Church needs DIGNITY. Oh sure, the hierarchy will never admit to that but it is true nonetheless. If it weren't for DIGNITY and other Catholic reformation organizations the Church would still be in the dark ages (and some would say that it still is). DIGNITY challenges the church to re-examine it's position on the whole notion of human sexuality as an expression of love between two people. Thank God for DIGNITY. We continue to be a people in exile within our own Church because of what we believe in our hearts. We will not submit to the notion that "genital sexual intercourse is morally acceptable only within a heterosexual marital relationship." You see there is a dilemma for the Church. Because it does not recognize a loving committed relationship between two persons of the same sex as also being a sexual relationship, the Church will not condone gay or lesbian sex. Thank God for DIGNITY. Something tells me, that no matter how much DIGNITY is ridiculed for its beliefs (or perhaps because of the ridicule) DIGNITY will be around for a very long time. Thank God for DIGNITY! |