Scalia’s Son: Don’t Label Kids ‘Gay’ Or It’s Harder To Condemn Them

[kpete]

Scalia’s Son: Don’t Label Kids ‘Gay’ Or It’s Harder To Condemn Them
By Zack Ford on Dec 17, 2012 at 10:50 am

Rev. Paul Scalia


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Insights into Scalia’s understanding of homosexuality (or lack thereof) can perhaps be found through his son, Rev. Paul Scalia, a Catholic priest in Arlington, Virginia. The younger Scalia has worked with the Church’s Courage ministry, which promotes “chastity” for gay Catholics using principles from ex-gay therapy. He has also spoken openly on the topic, and though he’s proven quite capable of reiterating the Church’s anti-gay teachings, a 2005 article reveals just how distorted the family’s view on homosexuality may be.

Writing about labels, Rev. Scalia compares identifying as gay to other school stereotypes like “preps,” “jocks,” and “geeks,” and argues that it’s unhelpful to young people to encourage them to embrace such labels. Challenging the notion that homosexuality even exists, he tries to distinguish between having “homosexual inclinations” or identifying as “a gay,” suggesting that some kids are “just confused.” Of course, his intention is to reduce homosexuality to “behaviors,” inferring that people with same-sex orientations are simply heterosexuals inclined to a special kind of sin. His true goal with this wordplay is to find a way to justify parents’ rejecting their gay children:

Granted, the more accurate phrases do not trip easily off the tongue. But what is lost in efficiency is gained in precision. Terms such as “same-sex attractions” and “homosexual inclinations” express what a person experiences without identifying the person with those attractions. They both acknowledge the attractions and preserve the freedom and dignity of the person. With that essential distinction made, parents can better oppose the attractions without rejecting the child. And as the child matures, he will not find his identity confined to his sexuality.

Further, opposition to homosexual attractions and actions makes sense only when it is rooted in the full truth of human sexuality. Gay school groups gain approval and support partly because heterosexual unchastity (contraception, masturbation, premarital sex, adultery, and all the rest) has compromised so many. Our culture’s deliberate separation of sex from procreation has destroyed our ability to articulate a coherent explanation of sexual ethics. Parents and educators have damaged the tools that would allow them to explain why homosexual activity is wrong.

MORE:
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/12/17/1345051/scalias-son-dont-label-kids-gay-or-its-harder-to-condemn-them/

[sadbear]

1. A (presumably) chaste priest promoting chastity for LGBTQs?

Hmmmm.....what could possibly be the connection?

[Tutonic]

2. Hmmmm....

When grown men who take a vow of celibacy become so focused on "explaining" why homosexual activity is wrong it makes me wonder about their own activity.

Also shouldn't he be "explaining" to his old man why bigotry and stealing elections is Sooooo wrong?