Catholic school, eh. We are getting to the source of your problem with religion. You say you weren't brainwashed, but an Irish-Catholic nun certainly seems to have had a serious effect on you.

ttbn,

Take no notice of Paul's fictitious Irish nun, she is merely an invention to convey Paul's lack of knowledge of Catholic theology.

Dear Paul,

In the Herald-Sun newspaper, Friday November 24th 2017,
there was the news that Catholic Xavier College has
been dragged into a fresh child sex scandal after a
"monstrous" former teacher who sexually abused a number
of students was allowed to continue his career at
Marcellin College.

I won't go into the details but it just goes to show that
the school did not alter authorities of this teacher's
actions but allowed this teacher to transfer to
Marcellin. The teacher was a diagnosed paedophile.

sorry for the typo.

I misspelt the word "alert".

Hi Paul,

I think you're having a lend of us, with your stereotype of Catholic schools and sadistic Irish Catholic nuns. Which public schools did you go to, really ?

Fascinating how threads get so easily off-topic: perhaps it's a sign that the 'dialogue', such as it might be, has become exhausted.

So what's the issue ? Homosexual marriage will soon be legislated and become legal. While marriage as an institution is far less salient that it may have been fifty years ago, it may now become the monopoly of homosexuals, as heterosexuals take the de facto route. So to speak.

Freedom of thought means that nobody is forced to be a Catholic; nobody is forced to like homosexuality; nobody is forced to get married either. Perhaps the homosexual movement has jumped onto a decrepit horse, and will whip it to death.

Next problem: homosexual divorce - I suppose there would have to be clauses in any new legislation which provide for that, with all the crucial property rights, inheritance, super, etc., taken care of.

Joe

Joe,

"Next problem: homosexual divorce - I suppose there would have to be clauses in any new legislation which provide for that, with all the crucial property rights, inheritance, super, etc., taken care of."

That's where who is Mister and who is Mistress comes in.