Happy 8th Anniversary

"Therefore, God handed them over to degrading passions. Their females exchanged natural relations for unnatural, and the males likewise gave up natural relations with females and burned with lust for one another. Males did shameful things with males and thus received in their own persons the due penalty for their perversity."
-Romans 1:26-27

I understand comedian Tracy Morgan is taking a lot of heat for offending the gay and lesbian community with a stand-up routine, so perhaps this post can add to that conversation. I haven't gotten the details of what he said exactly, but it seems like it was more ugly and violent than funny. Although I believe we shouldn't condone homosexual acts, we definitely shouldn't promote violence against any group of people. That's as bad as those misguided pro-life supporters than kill abortion clinic doctors. It's another example of hate the sin, but love the sinner. Being gay, something you can't choose, isn't any more sinful than lust in heterosexuals. I'm celebrating my 8th wedding anniversary with Nancy today, but I suppose it's okay to acknowledge that I still notice good-looking women. I went to mass at Fr. Dan's parish this morning and he acknowledged as much in one of his talks (another couple was celebrating their 25th anniversary), but emphasizes that married people choose to remain faithful to their spouse just like he chooses to remain faithful to his spouse, God, by remaining celibate, just as all single people are encouraged to remain celibate unless they later choose to marry, no matter what their sexual orientation may be.