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Theo,

I know they cannot. But I am being challenged with this and would like something to come back at with. The Canon law quotes should help, but they do not say anything directly about homosexual actions and that is where I am getting challenged on.

[StColette]

The Canon Law quotes don't have to say it explicitly. That's why they reference anyone who doesn't excel in morals because that includes those in homosexual relationships, adulterers, etc. The Church teaches that homosexual relationships are immoral and thus one can conclude that if someone is in a homosexual relationship they aren't excelling in morals. A person cannot serve as a liturgical minister if they are not in communion with the Church's teachings.

[CatherineM]

This is from the [url="http://couragerc.net/PIPElevenChurchTeachings.html"]Courage[/url] website

"Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Pastoral Care of Homosexual People" no.3, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), 1986

4. Not Morally Acceptable

"Therefore special concern and pastoral attention should be directed toward those who have this condition, lest they be led to believe that the living out of this orientation in homosexual activity is a morally acceptable option. It is noL . . It is only in the tnarital relationship that the use of the sexual faculty can be morally good." CDF Letter, no.3 & 7

The only reason the Church goes to the trouble of calling certain activities morally wrong is that those activities cause real harm. To act on homosexual feelings is to increase their strength. Many who were formerly active in the homosexual life-style report that the temporary sexual pleasure -- and this is true of every form of unhealthy sex-- left them profoundly empty. On the other hand, when they abstained from illicit sexual activity, even if abstaining was a struggle, they found they experienced greater peace and confidence.

8. Pressure on the Church

"...increasing numbers of people today, even within the Church, are bringing enormous pressure to bear on the Church to accept the homosexual condition as though it were not disordered and to condone homosexual activity." CDF, no.8

One of the Church's toughest duties is to speak the truth with love and confront the self-destructive ideas and behavior of any society, and often those societies resist. Our Christian "tough love" insists that God intends more for us than homosexual activity can ever offer. Our long standing Judeo-Christian tradition is coming under strong attack especially in America. Every young Catholic can expect to feel this pressure -- some of it even from dissenters within the Church, some of it from otherwise respected teachers or counselors. If you openly affirm the Church's teaching and ask your friend to question the "gay-positive" path, you will very likely get labeled "homophobic." It takes courage to speak an unpopular truth, but it's an act of real love. Reaffirm your love to your friend and hold your ground.

[Theoketos]

My reply would be if it single out public homosexual sinners, Cannon Law would have to list every single other sin and so the list would be nearly infinite, though probably end in Zebra thieves.

So in the name of equality and diversity it need not name each explicit sin.