Question IV
The Catholic Church continues to stand by its distinction between "natural" sex (heterosexual, married) and "unnatural" sex (homosexual, outside the sanctity of marriage) in a time when society is becoming increasingly accepting of "alternative" lifestyles. Do you think the Church is becoming any more or less tolerant? Should it by definition not be tolerant? Will unwavering commitment to this stance lead to an eventual decline in the authority of the Church? Or would altering the doctrine as it applies to contraception, female and gay priests, abortion, gay marriage and masturbation be an invitation to contumacy throughout the whole of the religion?
