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[div class="excerpt" style="margin-left:1em; border:1px solid #bfbfbf; border-radius:0.4615em; box-shadow:-1px -1px 3px #999999 inset;"]2357 Homosexuality refers to relations between men or between women who experience an exclusive or predominant sexual attraction toward persons of the same sex. It has taken a great variety of forms through the centuries and in different cultures. Its psychological genesis remains largely unexplained. Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity,141 tradition has always declared that "homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered."142 They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved.
2358 The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfill God's will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord's Cross the difficulties they may encounter from their condition.
2359 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.
The bolded parts are mine, first things first, I find a logical contradiction, you can't respect people whose equal rights you oppose, I assume this falls under a type of just discrimination. I would hate to see what is thought of as unjust discrimination!
Oh, yeah, I got this from this link, yeah its the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s2c2a6.htm
It should also be read with this in mind, from its own prologue:
[div class="excerpt" style="background-color:#dcdcdc; padding-bottom:5px; border:1px solid #bfbfbf; border-bottom:none; border-radius:0.4615em 0.4615em 0em 0em; box-shadow:3px 3px 3px #999999;"]III. The Aim and Intended Readership of the Catechism[div class="excerpt" style="background-color:#f0f0f0; border:1px solid #bfbfbf; border-top:none; border-radius:0em 0em 0.4615em 0.4615em; box-shadow:3px 3px 3px #999999;"]11 This catechism aims at presenting an organic synthesis of the essential and fundamental contents of Catholic doctrine, as regards both faith and morals, in the light of the Second Vatican Council and the whole of the Church's Tradition. Its principal sources are the Sacred Scriptures, the Fathers of the Church, the liturgy, and the Church's Magisterium. It is intended to serve "as a point of reference for the catechisms or compendia that are composed in the various countries".15
12 This work is intended primarily for those responsible for catechesis: first of all the bishops, as teachers of the faith and pastors of the Church. It is offered to them as an instrument in fulfilling their responsibility of teaching the People of God. Through the bishops, it is addressed to redactors of catechisms, to priests, and to catechists. It will also be useful reading for all other Christian faithful.
The bold is mine again.
Warpy
(111,253 posts)is bound to be rubbish, whether they're talking about gays or women. They don't seem to say much about straight male depravity.
"Called to chastity?" What an absurdly cruel and limited ideal that is.
mike_c
(36,281 posts)It's one thing to define homosexuality, even within some narrow scope, like through a religious lens, but assigning ordinal values makes it bigotry, IMO.
LostOne4Ever
(9,288 posts)No question about it.
Its also objectively incorrect as well.
edhopper
(33,575 posts)With the Catholic obsession with sex?
The RCC has the thought pattern of a 16 year old teenage boy.
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)trotsky
(49,533 posts)Especially because it's being used to "educate" innocent children to view their fellow human beings as sinful, "objectively disordered" individuals.