It does rather contradict the Maker's design, though. The muscles of the anus clearly classify it as a pushing-out organ, not a receptive organ. That's why there's so much abrasion (especially of the very fragile squamous epithelium of the rectum) with the gay gays, which in turn is one (of several) reasons why there is so much disease transmission.
In other words, the anus is anatomically designed as an exit, not an entrance. Male and female anuses are, as you will have guessed, identical in this regard.
You may remember that last year, President Bush nominated James W. Holsinger M.D. as Surgeon General. This generated shrill cries of outrage from the gays because Holsinger had previously written a study for the Methodist Church on the pathophysiology of gay sex practices. You can find a copy of Holsinger's study here.
From a medical point of view, gay sex practices are intrinsically pathological. Not only gay people, but all people, need to stop avoiding the truth about this.
>> This is certainly unique. I’d never before heard anal sodomy defined as a sacred act which should not be separated from the Sacrament of Marriage.
I wasn’t discussing anal sex specifically — but extra-curricular sexual practices generally. Generally speaking, all sexual activity (within some reason here) — no matter how revoltingly it can be described — is sacred and should not be separated from the Sacrament of Marriage.
Generally — here’s an overview of the way I’ve seen Christian sexuality. There are certain mandates to Christian sexuality — it should occur in a married (i.e. God-sanctioned) relationship, with an adult of the opposite gender, and be a general expression of the love between such a couple. Additonal players (extra-marital), animals, those of the same gender, and activities not meant as an expression of marital love are not sanctioned.
However, to the extent one may object to activities which meet the above requirements — those activities which you find objectionable (as I do the particular act you described) — all are free to decline to participate in.
But, to pretend that your preferences regarding specifics (i.e. those activities which you and I may find revolting) are a mandated so is simply not true. In Christian sexuality, married heterosexual couples are allowed leeway in the determination of the sexual specifics in which they will engage.
It is possible to engage in the particular activity you described in a Godly way, as can be oral sex, light bondage, or whatever else.
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