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Unless O'Reilly is a practicing homosexual he is not in contradiction to Church teaching. Unlike abortion which is a situation where advocacy of it results in the taking of innocent life, homosexual conduct, not homosexuality, is a sin. Acceptance of people who participate in homosexual behavior by others, be they a parent of a gay, or a cable TV commentator, in no way contradicts the Church.

Nice try but you are completely wrong. Acceptance and enabling of sinful behavior is ALWAYS wrong and always a sin. Using your logic, a Catholic commits no sin when they "accept" a pedophile too. Given our current crisis, which was brought on primarily by just such "acceptance," your logic is particularly outrageous.

[xkaydet65]

The expression is "hate the sin. Love the sinner." Is a Catholic parent supposed to condemn a gay child? As far as pedophilia is concerned we seem to have an excessive number of Church officials accepting the behavior. How is this different? Pedophilia, like abortion, murder , rape, theft, perjury, adultery etc. hurts another person. You cannot excuse an act that inflicts harm or pain on another, but practicing homosexuality is a sin of the self. Accepting that person as a human being, and accepting that his life is different, this is no different than accepting the couple who practice birth control using the pill or the diaphragm, or accepting the reality that your 16 year old son masturbates. When we accept and foster behavior that hurts others, we sin as well.Accepting a person who is homosexual is not sinful.Allowing a person the freedom to be himself is not sinful. Accepting behavior that creates harm to another, be it physical, psychological, emotional or spiritual is sinful. But in the final analysis our judgment is not the one which counts. As Catholics we believe in a merciful God.