There is a difference, at least for me, in treating a person with dignity whether he or she has same sex attraction or not, and allowing a person with same sex attraction to be ordained as a Catholic priest. In Christian theology, Jesus is the Lamb provided by God himself as a sacrifice for the sins of the world. The Catholic priest, in offering the holy sacrifice of the Mass, participates as an essential person in the mystical process whereby Jesus Himself becomes present. The Catholic priest, in the sacrament of Reconciliation, hears the deepest secrets of the penitent, who must have utter confidence in his silence even in torture. The Catholic priest, in all the sacraments, must have the full acceptance and respect of the faithful, and his presence should not be the source of thoughts outside the sacrament itself. A priest who "outs" himself creates an untenable situation, which the church seeks to avoid by ordaining only persons who will not be the source of anger or pain to others