... and arousal is predominantly directed to ones own sex"2 On reading this statement, I found it peculiar that the Catholic Church refers to homosexuality as a condition. They consider a persons homosexual orientation to be a disordered state and that in most cases the orientation itself is not a sin. However, the opinion is held that any act of homosexual nature is condemned and that homosexual activity is morally wrong. In the Roman Catholic view, the sole purpose of sexuality is procreation and that God intended people to have heterosexual relationships. There are many examples from the Bible to support this view. * "And the rib which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman"3 * "And Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived"4 Therefore, homosexual relationships are considered contrary to natural law and homosexual acts are regarded as inhuman. * "Sexual relations are human when and insofar as they express ...

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