The Catholic Church and the Issues of Same-Sex Attraction

"I do not find an element of humanism, of compassion in his approach," says Father James Martin. "There is a moral principle that undergirds this, that one cannot achieve good via illicit means" There are three approaches to dealing with same-sex attraction: acceptance, chastity and the ability to surrender using a 12-step program. The idea really is for them to live their lives beyond Freud's legacy about where sexual drive has to be discharged.