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Someone with an inordinate desire to engage in sex, sexual play, or seductive behavior with a member of the same sex, who presents himself for holy orders, certainly raises some very clear questions about desirability as a priest. Homosexuality in contemporary America is more than just a genital or sexual orientation, it is a subculture and organized political movement. It is clear from some of the responses from apparently gay priests, that they have an inordinate emotional irritability with regard to sexual identity as a political issue and that they continue to define themselves as homosexual even after they have (supposedly) embraced celibate life with ordination. What could this possibly mean? Obviously, they understand themselves to be emotionally attached to the issue and emotionally excitable through a special affection for other homosexuals which is strong enough for them to make public and political pronouncements on the subject to the secular press. Is this what celibacy means? It would seem that they continue to persist in some form of sexual activity or special affection for other homosexuals after they have been ordained and that this is important enough to them to continue to define themselves politically as "homosexuals" after ordination. It's very unclear what "celibacy" means to organized homosexuals who engage in sexual identity posturing after ordination.

"Obviously, they understand themselves to be emotionally attached to the issue and emotionally excitable through a special affection for other homosexuals which is strong enough for them to make public and political pronouncements on the subject to the secular press."

How, then, can individuals with these unstable and emotionally-charged personalities be stable enough to handle the day-to-day business of a parish? I know I'm oversimplifying, but it seems to me that an emotional cripple like this would be a very poor choice as a pastor in a large and busy parish, even if he was celibate.