The Catholic church teaches homosexual relations is a sin, but people supportive of homosexual relations get angry when the church speaks up about it (the latest: a sportwriter bashed Archbishop Dolan. Have you read what His Excellency wrote on the true meaning of Marriage? It was beautiful.).
'Who are you to impose your barbaric taboos?'. Who indeed? Good question, maybe I'll address that later.... the argument is they are consensual. Ah, yes, may I remind you that Switzerland is contemplating getting rid of incest laws because of this way of thinking. The fact that anyone is even 'contemplating' that should be a slap in our faces, but most of us will go, eh, Switzerland, but you see that's how sin works. It dulls our conscience to what is right. We look to the person and we love them and want to support them so we approve of the behavior as proof that we accept the person. In reality, we can accept the person without approving of the behavior. Perhaps too many Christians have rejected the person in order to reject the behavior. This is not ok, but we know all too well that we Christians are flawed and in need of a savior too. We too struggle with how to live our faith. More often then not, we fail. Please forgive us.
Someone has to stand up and be the light in the world pointing us to what is right, true and holy so that we may live in eternal happiness in heaven. Jesus wants all of us to get to heaven. It's the church's responsibility to proclaim a gospel that at times makes us all uncomfortable. It's suppose to make us uncomfortable! Seriously! I appreciate the people who lie to me and tell me, 'No, you don't need to lose weight. You're healthy. Have some more.', but I would have never started to lose weight if my clothes didn't scream at me to shed some pounds. I didn't like them very much, but they couldn't help but proclaim the truth.
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