text: So, married priests would have conflicted commitments? Show me one socially responsible adult who doesn't. To be a committed, loving human being is to be pulled in different directions from time to time. How a person navigates those conflicts both builds and reveals their character.
  
  The notion that priests are somehow different from other clergy -- and from other Christian adults, for that matter -- is unhealthy and, ultimately, indefensible. I hope that a celibate priesthood will always be a respected part of Catholic tradition, but I see no logical reason why a married priesthood couldn't as well.