Genisis

I am a Roman Catholic, I have Same Sex Attractions. I believe and defend all the Church teaches. I do this by asking "why"? I am going to explore the social, political, historical, psychological, philosophical and theological dimensions of what is not so accurately termed "homosexuality". I will do this both from a theoretical and existential perspective.

What pushed me over into actually creating this blog was a scandal with a senator. It saddens and angers me at the same time. On the one hand, I know what it is like to struggle alone with this and bottle it up. Eventually stress and other negative forces can coordinate and can break one down. The reaction of the republicans and conservatives is what pissed me off the most. Instead of reaching out to him and offering help by encouraging him to get help, they distance themselves from him! Sirach 6:8 describes "friends" who desert their friends at the slightest of troubles and warns against befriending such people. I can't think of a better model of this than what happens every time a politician gets in some moral trouble.

The reaction of the republican party is only going to perpetuate scandals like this. The reason people who struggle with homosexuality don't ask for help is because they are afraid of reactions like the on the senator received. Some conservatives will say: "If he just asked for help I wouldn't care, I would support him." It is very difficult to believe this when you hear the same person espouse unnecessarily how depraved this condition is with a frightening level of disdain in their voice. This will eventually lead to a wonderful self-defense mechanism known as reaction formation. When there is a genuine drive, no doubt arising from a deep psycho-social wound, it is impossible to successfully conquer it through this defense mechanism. As many liberals gleefully point out it only intensifies the situation. It brings a person to self-hatred. Coupled with the additional anxiety provoked simply from having the confusing unwanted desires it will eventually demand some outlet. Since the appropriate outlet is not being provide and the inappropriate one is far more available guess what happens.
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If those of us who truly believe homosexuality is a result of brokenness spent half the time and resources we do on stopping so-called "gay marriage" and spent it instead on helping people who struggle with same sex attraction (SSA) we wouldn't have near the mess we do.

This blog is anonymous because of the potential of scandal for those who know me in person.