GAY TRUTH

An Australian Catholic bishop appointed by Pope Francis is defending himself against reports that he challenged Catholic teaching on homosexuality in a lecture last month. But in a  statement  released today meant to set the record straight, the bishop nevertheless suggested that to “accept a person’s sexual identity” is in line with Church teaching . Meanwhile, an Australian priest has composed a  detailed analysis  exposing how the bishop's position "manifests serious flaws and errors". “The lecture was an effort on my part to articulate an understanding of the vision of Pope Francis of what the church is and our response to this vision in the light of the challenges we face today,” Bishop Vincent Long Van Nguyen of the Catholic diocese of Parramatta stated in a press release. Bishop Long said that part of Pope Francis’ vision is about “being inclusive,” which includes the “ability to create and nurture a welcoming space for all people, including those who

Christian abhorrence of homosexuality was not confined to pederasty, however. Sex between two adult males was also considered abhorrent. For instance, St. Paul condemned men’s “indecent acts with other men” ( Romans 1:27 ). He did not differentiate between pedophilia and adult homosexual acts; both were sinful sexual perversions in God’s eyes. It seems that wherever pagan values reign, as in the Greco-Roman culture , there one finds widespread homosexuality. For instance, homosexuality was common among numerous American Indian tribes. Walter L. Williams, in a book that focuses on homosexuality among American Indians, sympathetically notes that the Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, the Crows, the Klamaths, the Hopi, the Sioux, the Navajo, the Zuni, the Yokuts, and other tribes in the United States all practiced homosexuality before contact with Westerners. Sometimes homosexual acts were intertwined with the religious ceremonies performed by shamans.  Williams not only conveys