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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does it seem like Fr Martin is signaling gay sex so not sinful?  I always feel like that is the subtext in flashing lights.[/quote]

What are you talking about?[/quote]

Some people think that if your message to LGBT Catholics doesn't begin and end with how sinful gay sex is and how they need to be celibate, you are doing it wrong.  For a lot of people, sexual morality is central to their creed, which is kind of odd, given how little time Jesus spent talking about sex (compared to how much time he spent talking about showing mercy, love, and compassion to all, especially the poor, the oppressed, the prisoner, and the outcast).  So if you're doing LGBT "outreach," your job is apparently to remind them, as if they didn't already know, that the Church says that if they have sex, it's a sin.  Which is certainly not how people think that the Church ought to do outreach to divorced people, for example, or unmarried people--let alone those who commit non-sexual sins.  [/quote]

I understand your point of view.

However, Fr. Martin also never ever says homosexual conduct is sinful even though he spends an overwhelming amount of time on pelvic issues (his choice).  This creates understandable confusion as to what he really believes and what his endgame is.

Ditto for his fervent supporters.

Honesty is always the best policy.  Fr. Martin should clarify his position here.

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