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In that former world, the fact we have free will, meant that anyone who violated those norms, be it extramarital sex or homosexuality, was freely choosing to violate nature. Now, in our current world, when we ask what is “natural” in terms of sexuality, we get very different answers. We are profoundly aware of psychological compulsion, so we are able to distinguish biological sex from sexual orientation, etc., etc.

So our dedication to natural law as a moral guide can be retained re sexual morality, but we understand our sexual nature differently, so we must be open to re-conceive the guidance of the Spirit. Sure, the episcopal magisterium is stuck in the old worldview, but theologians and most educated laity have move forward. Since the Church is all of us, we can and should say that the Church has grown organically primarily in our generation and that of our children and grandchildren.

(Sorry, Lesia, sometimes my fingers just won’t stop. My wife calls it pontificating.)