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June 25, 2009
I wish to take a moment here to demonstrate that at least the Catholic position contra gay marriage is not based on mere bigotry. Per Thomas Aquinas, sex has a threefold purpose, to produce (in order of importance): 1) procreation; 2) intimacy; and 3) pleasure. Now, Aquinas’s next move is to insist that sex, to be virtuous, has to achieve all of these purposes. Thus, we see that, in the Catholic position, what is sinful about homosexuality has nothing to do with the fact that it takes place between two people of the same sex (except for peripherally, in that that fact prevents procreation) — it is the fact that it ignores the most important end of sex. In conclusion: the Catholic position on homosexual marriage, although, as I see it, mistaken, is surely not a product of mere bigotry, but is based on ethical reasoning, even if, perhaps, it goes astray in the end. [Link]
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So any sex between consenting heterosexual adults that does not produce offspring is sinful? What about a couple who knows they can't have children yet they continue to have sex? Guess they're all going to hell, too.
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