Yes. There's a few of them who go to my parish. As Catholics, they recognize the act of sodomy to be an abomination. They also recognize, even if you don't agree with them, that their attractions aren't normal.
Just because someone finds it too difficult to want to spend time with a member of the opposite sex, that doesn't mean they have to. But this doesn't mean that they should associate having strong feelings for the person he or she does stay close to with manipulating eachother in ways that defy logic. And the ones I've met in the circles I'm in realize that.
In the Canadian Same Sex Marriage thread, MEM brought up a Biblical reference in an attempt to show that the scripture housed a positive story about a gay relationship--He failed of course. This is because he tried to apply past displays of affection with the standards of the modern day status quo. If he just tried to demonstrate an acceptable form of a loving relationship between two men, he would have had more success, but he had to go the extra mile:
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Matter-eater Man said:
Gay or not gay?
1 Samuel 18
1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.
3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
Later on Saul gets a bit pissed about this "friendship" that his son is in.
30 Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness?
31 For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.
They even kiss at some point in there. Friends or Lovers?
Truth be told, he actually does make a very good point about the influence of the two different eras. In this day and age, Saul and Jonathon's presence of love for eachother would encourage them to act out like a couple of greased up leather-clad San Francisco fuck buddies. However, because they were actually sane enough to realize that doing such things to express love towards eachother was silly, we don't see any of that nonsense fold out. I mean, kissing is fine, but that's kissing.
So you see Jim, it's rather difficult for me to understand why you'd make such a point of advertizing your sexual interests by dubbing yourself a "homosexual" instead of just loving your closest friend. I mean, not only is hearing abour what gets you off none of my business, but it's also really sick.
