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An interview with Dawn Wilde, the author of ‘Confessions of a recovering lesbian’

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Image via Wikipedia FAIRBANKS, Alaska , January 20, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – In a compelling testimony titled “ Confessions of a Recovering Lesbian ,” a woman struggling with attraction to other women shares how, despite being involved in a youthful lesbian relationship, and ongoing attraction to women, she is now a Catholic, happily-married homeschooling mother of five children. In her testimony Dawn Wilde (name changed) takes to task the argument that homosexual people are simply “born that way” and says that that people don’t have to “indulge same-sex attraction ” just because they might “experience it.” LifeSiteNews contacted Dawn and asked her to reveal more of her gripping story. LSN:  You wrote in your story that there were many factors in your past that made you “vulnerable to same-sex attraction”. You were not only abandoned by your birth mother , but grew up being physically abused by your mentally-ill adoptive mother. What kind of physical abuse did you suffer from...

Confessions of a recovering lesbian

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January 20, 2012 ( Catholicsistas.com ) - One of the most controversial teachings of Catholicism is its teaching on homosexuality. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church : Basing itself on Sacred Scripture , which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, tradition has always declared that “homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered.” They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved. (2357) For most of us, this teaching is challenging, especially if someone we love is gay or lesbian. But what if  you  are the Catholic struggling with these desires? Is it possible to be faithful to the Church’s teachings and still be happy? Yes, it is. I am a 37-year- old Catholic woman who has been happily married for nearly 15 years. We have five children that I homeschool. I also struggle daily with same-sex a...