text: Yes, Paul was a Pharisee who never left his old  "conservative" ideology behind even when he converted. It is very disheartening to live with the fact that the Catholic Church has not learned its lesson. For centuries it demonized and dehumanized the Jews. The Nazis used the same tactic in their horrific "Final Solution". Now the Church is targeting the LGBT community with the same demonization and dehumanization of the past making them somehow "less than human" just as the Jews were "less than human". All reputable and peer reviewed medical and scientific sources regarding homosexuality are NOT in accord with the opinions coming from the Church and its conservative allies. So straight people have the option of getting married if they refuse to be single. Gay people have NO such option except to remain celibate their whole lives if they want to be "saved".