Is there anything sinful about strong same-sex friendships that are chaste?
C: Nope. In fact, there is a former gay activist named David Morrison who recently wrote a book about his decision to embrace the Catholic faith and chastity. He has said that he still lives with his former partner, but they have agreed to maintain a committed chaste friendship. They have separate bedrooms. I don’t know if everyone could do that, but I have to believe that with a whole lot of prayer, penance and frequent reception of the sacraments, it is certainly possible with God’s grace for those who are further along on their spiritual journey. David Morrison wrote this article. RJ: Back to the issue at hand. When will we get married priests?! Married priests! Married priests! How about women priests too! What a hoot that would be! Yeah! C: Well, the male priesthood is part of official Church teaching and this rule ain’t going to change unless it is discovered that the Apostles John and Simon were really Juanita and Samantha. Joking. Female priests will never, ever happen. On the
