[Mrs. Don-o]

I haven't followed James Martin's writing and speaking career (so I'm coming at this with a deficient based of knowledge) but my impression is that his usual modus operandi is to blithely omit (rather than directly and explicitly deny) the Church's moral teachings on homosexuality.

For instance, he will not say gays can be married to each other in the Catholic Church, but he WILL re-tweet pro-gay-marriage messages.

He won;'t say "Sodomy is a God-pleasing way to express love" but he WILL say that we should bless gay people's love for each other, without specifying that this is predicated on sodomy. He'll speak of their affection and commitment instead.

The way of equivocation and ambiguity is almost a more effective way to do evil, than outright rebellion.

His latest was that gay partners ought to be able to kiss each other at the "kiss of peace" at Mass. He ignores the fact that this is supposed to be a solemn liturgical gesture (usually handshake), not a PDA.

In this sly, indirect way he has of talking, he resembles the deep dishonesty of the man now occupying the Chair of Peter.

[sitetest]

I follow the homo on twitter, along with Robby George. George was concerned that the homo’s locution’s about whether sodomy is a sin, etc., were less than consistent with the Faith and confronted the homo. After some back and forth, the homo grudgingly relented about the actual content of Church teaching, and grudgingly affirmed belief in it.

The lacuna that I see in the sodomite’s views is that he fails to acknowledge that bishops shouldn’t ordain homos, and homos who accept ordination commit sin by doing so.