RE: MARRIAGE EQUALITY NATIONWIDE
July 21, 2015 at 6:54 pm
(This post was last modified: July 21, 2015 at 6:57 pm by Metis.)
(July 21, 2015 at 6:22 pm)Anima Wrote: Ha ha. I really do not think you want to make an appeal to anthropology and biology. Anthropologically speaking marriage is for determination of the legitimate heir. As such it should be barred from homosexuals and all person not intending to have children.
Couples who enter marriage knowing one party is incapable of reproduction are clearly not entering into marriage with the intention of fostering a legitimate heir and yet are not barred from the institute of matrimony. Indeed, according to the Catholic tradition it's a heresy to suggest they can't due to "natural law" and the Pauline provisions for those not capable of being "Eunuchs for the sake of heaven" and whom "burn".
Catholic Matrimony is already open to those not capable of procreation whereas for some Christians it is not.
Quote:Biologically speaking there is no such thing as a right. I think you are endeavoring to argue a thing should be allowed to be what it is biologically. Since we readily recognize we are not to allow the virus to be at the expense of human lives we may readily recognize that not all biological conditions are of equal valuation and to be promoted or encouraged. As such we must identify that which serves the teleological biological end and say that is to be encouraged and that which is in opposition to the end is to be prohibited. In this case hetero does serve that end and homo is in opposition to that end.
You've entered into heresy again, Pius IX in his Syllabus of Errors makes it quite clear rights are an objective reality when he declared that everyone has the right to the practice of Catholicism, including but not limited to access to matrimony. This is why since homosexuals have been barred from the priesthood and most religious orders the Courage apostolate has increasingly encouraged them to enter into heterosexual marriages.
The arguments concerning biological teleological ends are nothing short of feeble. It is the teleological end for my hair to grow, but the bible and earlier papal decrees order me as a male to keep it short. It is the teleological end in your logic for humans to reproduce, and yet the highest possible calling unto which all are encouraged is the celibate religious life in your faith.