Pope Francis does it again! | National Catholic Reporter

Pope Francis does it again! | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: There are three motives for sex which are wired in our DNA through evolution: procreation (since the first sexual organisms), domination (mammals) and pleasure (benobos). Any natural law based morality must take this into account or it is simply circular reasoning. The fact that both our evolution likely comes through benobos (who really like sex - of all kinds) and that gay sexuality seems a regular instance of epigenesis means both sex for pleasure and homosexuality are natural - and all natural things are a gift from God. Indeed, that last sentiment was leading straight to gay marriage, leading St. John Paul and Cardinal Ratzinger to say, quite incorrectly, that homosexuality was disordered. That all depends on whether you accept the natural order as something besides a CDF sophistry. I do not.

The welcoming thing about the latest from Cupich and Francis is that contrary views to the disordered hypothesis (which is wrong) can now be discussed - and not just pastorally. Saying we will only deal with the pastoral solution is still allowing error in our doctrine. Allowing that challenges the notion that we have doctrine at all, or that it is to protect the status quo - as the atheists like Dawkins, Dennett and Hitchens (God rest his soul) indicated. Let's strike a blow for rationality in natural law and honor our benobo ancestors by accepting that sex for pleasure is both right and good. (The rest of us already know this, by the way).