[Magdalen] Ireland

[Christopher Hart]

I recently heard a young gay priest asked whether he and his partner were
planning to get married. His response: "No, we're traditional gays."​

On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 6:14 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, I agree. We (as an example) have never wished to marry (yea,
> e'en after forty-nine years together), agreeing that, even though
> marriage is built on a heterosexual model, it doesn't even work
> for most heterosexuals.
>
> I can't help suspecting the Church's opposition has to do with
> control. The Roman Catholic Church has always pressed for
> control of marriage (and still refuses to marry people who are
> divorced). More of the same, I guess.
>
> I find the fact that people, gay or straight, still wish to marry
> a testament to the endearing hopefulness embedded in all
> us human beings.
> -M
>
>
> On Monday, May 25, 2015, <sally.davies at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > This is a random thought apropos of nothing much, but it occurred to me
> > that if previous restraints on contraception achieved anything, it is to
> > expand a vigorous young population with a mind of its own, social media
> to
> > start its own conversations, and the critical mass to make a difference.
> >
> > I'm still waiting for someone to spell out to me how I (were I a
> > conservative Catholic or Protestant) would experience a "disaster" if 1,
> > 2....n gay and/or lesbian couples form lifelong bonds, support one
> > another's families, raise children, grow old together and so forth.
> >
> > it's more likely that the gay or lesbian couples would be exposed to the
> > "disaster" that is modern marriage. I find it astonishing and a triumph
> of
> > hope over experience that same sex couples actually want to get married,
> > given the painful failure of so many heterosexual marriages. But hope is
> > what people do, and they do love as well, and if same sex couples want to
> > try for lifelong faithfulness...whatever else it might be I'm not getting
> > the "disaster" bit
> >
>



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