text: Jamie, unless I am misreading your comments, you appear to be approaching this subject entirely from the perspective of social science, which generally accepts LGBT identities and activity as normal and generally considers equal treatment of LGBT people in terms of justice.
  The difficulty, of course, is that the Church/Vatican approaches this subject in terms of scripture and tradition, which have been traditionally understood as inimical to the position of contemporary social science on this issue. 
  The result is precisely the impasse Fr. Martin describes: people speaking two very different languages. It seems that authentic bridge-building requires, not simply treating each other with patience and courtesy, but an honest investigation of the question whether the Judeo-Christian tradition can ever truly accept LGBT behaviors. I have my doubts that such a study will ever be pursued, but I think unless we find such common ground, we will continue talking past one another.