Sodomy was condemned by the Church and by saints as a grave evil, an abomination, one of the four sins that cries to heaven for vengeance. In Catholic civilization and culture people regarded sodomy with revulsion, and Catholic governments had sodomites put to death. People today talk about homosexual orientation, but that is misleading. Everyone is created by God to be sexual complimentary to the opposite sex, regardless of whether or not they are sexually attracted to the opposite sex. It is God's plan of creation and it is natural law. He made men and women to be suitable mates for each other. For people to behave in a sexual matter with others of the same sex in ways that are only appropriate for those of the opposite sex is contrary to the order of creation and to nature, and gravely offensive to God.