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#1 2005-10-07 9:51 am
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Vatican to approve of gay men entering seminaries to become priests
There was some discussion a while back here at MA about this. Seems this addresses some of the concerns that the Catholic Church was being anti-gay. They were only addressing concerns about putting people that were just recently active in relationships with other men in an environment with only men- who are preparing for a life of celibacy to better serve their communities.
In short, gays are welcome to be priests, they just need to be sure to be celibate for a few years before entering. I figured this news might be of interest to some folks 
http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.a … =y5837345x
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#2 2005-10-07 10:09 am
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Re: Vatican to approve of gay men entering seminaries to become priests
Good... I know the Catholic hierarchy has a lot of smart people and the ignorant belief that pedophile <-> homosexual is just ridiculous.
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#3 2005-10-07 10:30 am
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Re: Vatican to approve of gay men entering seminaries to become priests
Tallgeese wrote:
Good... I know the Catholic hierarchy has a lot of smart people and the ignorant belief that pedophile <-> homosexual is just ridiculous.
Ya, you're right about that but I also think that the fact that the Catholic hierarchy has a lot of smart, gay, people in it dident hurt.
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#5 2005-10-07 11:08 am
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Re: Vatican to approve of gay men entering seminaries to become priests
I thought priests were supposed to have always been celibate...
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#6 2005-10-07 11:18 am
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Re: Vatican to approve of gay men entering seminaries to become priests
They are, but you know those damn homos... can't keep it in their pants.
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#7 2005-10-07 11:25 am
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Re: Vatican to approve of gay men entering seminaries to become priests
bratboy wrote:
I thought priests were supposed to have always been celibate...
You have never needed to be a virgin to be a priest. Furthermore, in some cases, married men have become priests or men whose wives died.
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#8 2005-10-07 11:27 am
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Re: Vatican to approve of gay men entering seminaries to become priests
...so shall I assume that they will also allow "bisexuals" into the priesthood?
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#9 2005-10-07 11:47 am
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Re: Vatican to approve of gay men entering seminaries to become priests
bratboy wrote:
...so shall I assume that they will also allow "bisexuals" into the priesthood?
Yup 
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