"Juvenaly" <juvenalyGranite&Shale@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:bFnO2Y52YxON-pn2-1B4rPE9dJJrt@65-160-114-108.socantel.net...

> On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 01:48:10 UTC, Darren Miner

> <chacko.NODAMNSPAM@ix.netcom.com> declaimed:

> > I think that heterosexuals who are in lifelong, monagamous

> > "relationships" should ask for the church's blessing. And I would call

> > this "blessing" Holy Matrimony.

> >

> > Next question?

> I'm glad you agree that it is not right for a heterosexual couple to

> live together without the Church's blessing.

>

> But obviously, if that is wrong for heterosexuals, it cannot be right

> for homosexuals either.

>

> Both types of "couple" should separate and live chastely.

Ah, but one has the choice of being married or not; the other

doesn't. This is a basic injustice, in the name of religion...

> Moreover, the fact that the church asks and expects the heterosexual

> couple to do so, shows that the church holds the opinion that to live

> chastely is not burdensome. It follows that homosexual persons also

> are capable of this, and that it is something that is perfectly

> possible to do for ordinary Christians.

This is very bad logic, based on assumptions that are obviously

incorrect... There is always a problem when people value beliefs

about what is true over reality (as in, what is really true...;-), and

it shows, above. The religions have often held incorrect beliefs

about human nature (and the Catholic Church is paying the price

for this now...).