No matter whom I ask -- and I've asked at least 3 priests, 2 theology teachers, and all of my catholic friends -- I cannot find someone who will answer this question. I've had this question for nigh on six years now, but every time I ask someone, they always say "Oh, that's a good question." or change the subject immediately.
So my question is this: Why does the Roman Catholic Church let infertile/sterile heterosexual couples marry and have sex if homosexual couples cannot do the same?
I guess it would be different if the couples didn't know they were incapable of bearing children (especially given the abstainence until marriage bit), but it is ok to marry knowing that you're incapable of bearing kids, and ok to have sex knowing that. So it doesn't make any sense to me to say that gays can't marry because marriage allows sex, which must (according to the RCC) contain the elements of love, a consentual act, and be open to the possibility of conception. I mean, marriage isn't just
2007-04-21
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