Nice Christmas themed entry for y’all. With the focus now on the creche, I think I’ll write a little about the nativity and the Holy Family, and then throw in a bit of gay sex for some added flair.

The Church contends that the purpose of marriage is ultimately to conceive and raise children. And for that reason chiefly, they disapprove of gay marriage. What then of the Holy Family itself? The supposed archetype for the traditional Christian family. According to Catholic doctrine, Mary was not only a virgin through Jesus’ birth, but eternally a virgin. Protestants (I’ve heard) however agree with the movie, Dogma, and Chris Rock’s character(me too btw):

Mary gave birth to CHRIST without having known a man’s touch, that’s true. But she did have a husband. And do you really think he’d have stayed married to her all those years if he wasn’t getting laid? The nature of God and the Virgin Mary, those are leaps of faith. But to believe a married couple never got down? Well, that’s just plain gullibility.

However that’s not my point, heh. My point is the Catholic doctrine that Mary was a virgin until her death. If that is the case, then their marriage was never truly consumated. Furthermore, they never actually had children, merely the ‘adoptive’ son of Jesus. So the main priority of marriage, so says the church, was not seen in the archetype for Christian families. Joseph raised a son that was not his as his own. He adopted Jesus.

Gay couples can adopt.

Isn’t the church being a bit hypocritical to say that procreative sex is the true intent and purpose behind marriage, and only marriages that retain that as a key feature are valid? Of course straight married couples who choose not to have kids can fall into this category too. But again, why ban gay marriage?

Now of course I’m open to hearing other doctrinal issues with gay marriage. Generally the Church, I’ve found, has been pretty good with homosexuality overall (except for the new gay priest ban), and I agree entirely with their official position on homosexuality (so does Andrew Sullivan btw). So if presented with another doctrinal reason for not supporting gay marriage, I’ll go along (I’ll still support secular, legal gay marriage however), but I’m thinking the standard line of wanting procreative marriage won’t fly too well anymore.

Good enough for Joseph and Mary, then good enough for Ace & Gary.

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