Catholics may be interested in results from some recent studies, including the following...
* A homosexual advocacy group says there are more 'gay and bisexual' characters on prime-time TV. They find the "steady increase in gay characters" to be "promising" and were also pleased about portrayals of homosexual couples 'marrying' & raising families and hope that these depictions will help Americans "come to accept and better understand" them. ABC (nicknamed by some as "gAy-BC") had the most "gay representation" with a reported 5% of characters being homosexual, while CBS has the fewest. However, CBS is committed "to diversity, including gay representation" and "intends to improve."
Reality checks...
Lev. 18:22: You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; such a thing is an abomination.
Deut. 22:5: "A woman shall not wear an article proper to a man, nor shall a man put on a woman's dress; for anyone who does such things is an abomination to the LORD, your God."
St. Paul, 1 Cor 6:9-10: Do you not know that the unjust will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor boy prostitutes nor practicing homosexuals nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor robbers will inherit the kingdom of God.
St Jude, Jude 1:7: Likewise, Sodom, Gomorrah, and the surrounding towns, which, in the same manner as they, indulged in sexual promiscuity and practiced unnatural vice, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
* A new study has found that support for abortion is declining. Unfortunately, however the study says that 45% of supposed Catholics still believe that abortion "should be legal in most or all cases." Remarkably, even 26% who attend Mass weekly fail to adopt the pro-life position. Surprisingly, a reported 42% of Americans are unaware of Obama's pro-abortion position.
Reality checks...
"Those who give drugs causing abortions are murderers themselves, as well as those who receive the poison which kills the fetus." (St. Basil the Great, Doctor of the Church, circa 369 A.D.)
"Therefore from the moment of its conception life must be guarded with the greatest care, while abortion and infanticide are unspeakable crimes." (Second Vatican Council)
"Can. 1398 A person who procures a completed abortion incurs a latae sententiae excommunication." (1983 Code of Canon Law)
* A recent study shows that 72% of Americans think too many children are in daycare. A relatively small minority (11-12%) of the survey participants thought it was "ideal" for mothers to work full time.
Reality checks...
"The children, especially the younger among them, need the care of their mother at home." (Second Vatican Council)
"[A] woman is by nature fitted for home-work, and it is that which is best adapted at once to preserve her modesty and to promote the good bringing up of children and the well-being of the family." (Pope Leo XIII, "Rerum Novarum")
"Similarly, (too,) women should adorn themselves with proper conduct, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hairstyles and gold ornaments, or pearls, or expensive clothes, but rather, as befits women who profess reverence for God, with good deeds. A woman must receive instruction silently and under complete control. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man. She must be quiet. For Adam was formed first, then Eve. Further, Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and transgressed. But she will be saved through motherhood, provided women persevere in faith and love and holiness, with self-control." (St. Paul, 1 Tm. 2:9-15, emphasis added)
"The man is a slave, in disgrace and shame, when a wife supports her husband." (Sirach 25:21)
Reminder: God's command to labor in Gen. 3:16-19 was issued to the man, while the words spoken to the woman were directed at motherhood.
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