There are good reasons why conjugal unions have been distinguished from all others since antiquity.

At the heart of all these issues is the unity of truth and love.

For the past two weeks this column has set forth the Churchs teaching (which is simply the natural law) on homosexuality. We must know the doctrine and first principles in order to address this issue accurately, always keeping in mind that doctrinal and moral truth is necessary for love.

Many myths surround the issue of homosexuality. Some of them arise from ignorance, some from misguided compassion, and some from the misinformation and propaganda of the radical homosexual community.

One of the greatest issues before us now is that of homosexuality.

He came out to me in an email.

When the practice of sex-change surgery first emerged back in the early 1970s, I would often remind its advocating psychiatrists that with other patients, alcoholics in particular, they would quote the Serenity Prayer, God, give me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.