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To: eastsider

Isn't same-sex sodomy a little redundant? As for me, pederasty will do just as well.


9 posted on 01/24/2005 2:04:07 PM PST by Coeur de Lion
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To: Coeur de Lion
I checked with Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica, and found his definition of sodomy:
Thirdly, by copulation with an undue sex, male with male, or female with female, as the Apostle states (Rm. 1:27): and this is called the "vice of sodomy."
So, yes, thank you, same-sex sodomy is indeed redundant. Good catch.

As for pederasty, my objection to Cardinal Dulles' omission of sodomy has to be read in the context of the recent scandal concerning clerical sexual abuse, the majority of which occurred with post-, not pre-pubescent minors. So pederasty doesn't quite work for me.

12 posted on 01/24/2005 2:14:48 PM PST by eastsider
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To: Coeur de Lion

Well, I can say that I was forced to debate that for hours at group called [Global Affairs] and of course there are a lot of liberal members and also a number of members from Europe. They wouldn't accept the etymology of the word, which as we all know comes from Bible and the story about Sodom and its destruction by God.


16 posted on 01/25/2005 7:14:03 AM PST by Conservative Coulter Fan (BURN IN HELL, MICHAEL MOORE!)
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