WHO IS PERVERTED?

THE SOFTLY FALLING SHOW IS CERTAINLY NO PERVERSION OF THE PRE-THANKSGIVING DAY LANDSCAPE. RATHER IT IS A LOVELY, NATURAL WINTER BUNTING. I ASK MYSELF WHICH IS MORE PERVERTED - A VEGETARIAN FEAST OR A HOMOSEXUAL PRIEST? THOUGH I AM TEMPTED TO ADMIT TO A DRAW ON THIS QUESTION, THE PERVERTED NEWS MEDIA'S REPORT ABOUT THE VATICAN'S LETTER RE-STATING CATHOLIC DOCTRINE TILTED THE SCALE FOR ME IN FAVOR OF THE 'HOT ISSUE' OF THE DECADE. UNFORTUNATELY, THE RARITY OF THE HOMOSEXUAL PROBLEM WITH PRIESTS SHOULD HAVE MADE IT NO ISSUE AT ALL.

DOGMA NEVER CHANGES. IF IT FLUCTUATED, IT WOULD BE USELESS. THE DOGMA OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ON HOMOSEXUALITY IS EXPRESSED IN THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, PUBLISHED IN 1994 WITH THE POWER OF APPROVAL OF THEN JOSEPH CARDINAL RATZINGER, NOW HIS HOLINESS POPE BENEDICT XVI. THE DOGMA DEFINES HOMOSEXUALITY - IN MEN AND WOMEN - AS "PERVERSION". CATHOLIC BELIEVERS WISHING THAT IT WERE O.K., WON'T MAKE IT SO. HOMOSEXUALITY IS DEFINED IN OLD TESTAMENT GENESIS AS "DEPRAVED." IT IS REPRESENTED THREE TIMES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT BY ST. PAUL IN HIS LETTERS TO CORINTHIANS, ROMANS AND TO TIMOTHY AS A "SEXUAL PERVERSION." CATHOLIC DOCTRINE ALSO EXPLAINS THAT HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVIOR IS CONTRARY TO NATURAL LAW BECAUSE IT NEGATES THE POSSIBILITY OF THE GIFT OF LIFE. IT CAN NEVER BE APPROVED. ALSO, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ADMITS THAT HOMOSEXUAL TENDENCIES IN BOTH MEN AND WOMEN ARE NOT "NEGLIGIBLE," BUT THEY MUST BE OVERCOME. NEVERTHELESS THE CHURCH FROWNS UPON DISCRIMINATION AGAINST HOMOSEXUALS. RATHER IT ENCOURAGES A SPIRIT OF PATIENCE AND TOLERANCE WHEN DEALING WITH THESE SINNERS.

SO WHAT IS THE REASON FOR THE NEWS MEDIA TO REPORT (IT'S NOT A STORY) THAT HOMOSEXUALS MAY NOT BECOME PRIESTS? I KNOW THAT ONLY CHASTE MEN MAY BECOME PRIESTS. I KNOW THAT REPORTERS (AND THEY DARED NOT SAY THIS ) KNOW THAT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HAS ALWAYS AND WILL ALWAYS CONSIDER IT DOGMA THAT HOMOSEXUALITY IS A PERVERSION.

YES, SOME ACTIONS ARE 'P' ACTIONS. SOME THOUGHTS TOO. IT IS PERVERSION TO SUGGEST THE SUBSTITUTION OF THE VEGETABLE FOOD GROUP FOR A JUICY, TASTY, HUNK OF POULTRY WITH A SLATHER OF GRAVY ON THANKSGIVING. WITH GOBS OF LEFTOVERS IN ITS WAKE. THE BIRD'S SACRIFICE SHOULD BE WHAT I , FOR ONE, AM THANKFUL FOR ON THANKSGIVING. SIMILARLY, I AM RELIEVED AND GRATEFUL THAT ANOTHER TRADITION WILL NEVER CHANGE - THAT IN ONE CHURCH THE PERVERSION OF HOMOSEXUALITY WILL FOREVER REMAIN BEYOND THE PALE.