Catholic dogma requires lifelong celibacy in gays
Regarding 'Catholic teaching on sexuality asks the same of everyone' (Wed., Nov. 5):
In response to Ryan Anderson's column, I say great . . . but now what? Mr. Anderson forgets the flip side of the coin: Not only are gay men and women attracted to members of their same sex, but they are also generally not attracted to members of the opposite sex. They will never be able to have a two-in-one-flesh communion, as Mr. Anderson understands it, because they cannot experience a "reciprocal act of love" with a member of the opposite sex.
What Catholic doctrine effectively does, then, is cut off a segment of the population from what Catholics themselves understand to be one of the basic goods of life. I can think of no other group to whom they do this. Even the "easy" girl and the porn enthusiast who manage to curb their desires can anticipate the joy of marital sex in the future.
Would it not be more humane (dare I say more Christian?) to amend the idea of the two-in-one-flesh communion so as to allow gay men and women that same chance? Dave Ginn '04
Runners are athletes in their own right
Regarding 'The insanity of marathons and why we run them' (Thurs., Nov. 5):
As an athlete and a marathoner, I found the article by Austin Starkweather to be both shallow and offensive. To suggest that everyone who is running a marathon is doing so because they are not capable of playing a varsity sport but crave the praise is to miss the point entirely. Perhaps that is why the author chose to run a marathon, but it only degrades the rest of us to proclaim that it is the universal reason.
I was among the 35,000 runners in New York City on Sunday who were lucky enough to run the marathon with over two million spectators cheering. However, in the 500+ miles that I ran to train, there was no one watching but myself. When things got hard during the marathon, it was the memory of the hours and miles committed, rather than the accolades to come that reminded me to dig deep and keep going.
Running is certainly not just for "not-so-athletically-inclined people." Mr. Starkweather portrayed marathoners as some sort of out of control, type-A, athlete-wannabes and insulted the sport of running. I sincerely hope that if Mr. Starkweather does train for another marathon, he will first ask himself, "Would I do this if nobody were watching?" Perhaps when he can answer yes to that question then he will find that he isn't quite so ravaged by the lactic acid and he'll no longer feel the need to "prove his mettle" to anyone. Lindsey Tripp '04
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