Amazing how much the Church's position on homosexuals has changed since 1994:

BBC:  Synod signals shift on homosexuality.

Spectator:‘Earthquake’ in Rome as Vatican synod talks about homosexuality and divorce


From the 1994 Catechism of the Catholic Church:

//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.//

" They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity."

What would happen if people read the...you know..things that the Catholic Church teaches?

First Gay Marriage Suit Hits Catholic Church.

Expect many more.

While reading on this, reflect on the intellectual moves that have to be made to sacrifice religious freedom - something explicitly mentioned in the Constitution - held by 90+% of the population to the sexual lifestyle of less than 2%.

From the New York Post:

A lesbian couple from Westchester yesterday filed the first suit against a Catholic institution for refusing to recognize New York’s gay-marriage law.

The Manhattan federal court filing says the women — identified only as “Jane Roe” and “Jane Doe” — were wed Oct. 15, and that “Roe,” who’s worked at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Yonkers since 2007, later applied to add “Doe” to her medical-benefits coverage.

But the request was denied by both St. Joseph’s and its insurance administrator, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, because hospital policy excludes same-sex spouses.

The class-action suit seeks an order declaring that both women are entitled to insurance coverage under federal law. It also says “thousands of legally married, same-sex couples” have been, or will be, denied benefits under similar policies administered by Empire, which is also named as a defendant.

The women are seeking an injunction ordering Blue Cross Blue Shield not to acquiesce to a company that wants to deny same-sex benefits because of religious beliefs, said Jeffrey Norton, their lawyer.

Empire declined to comment. St. Joseph’s didn’t return messages.

Totally Countercultural.

How surprising must it be to hear a traditional Catholic saying that Catholic tradition is consistent with the view that homosexuals are particularly blessed by God?



Via Mark Shea.