I was greatly disappointed on Gregory Baum's conclusion in his article.

I was greatly disappointed on Gregory Baum's conclusion in his article, "Should homosexuals remain in the Catholic Church?"

Although of our prominent Canadian theologians, he uninjureds as if he is hamstrung through the powers-that-be to provide a politically correct Catholic reply that is neither fish nor fowl

I would have thinking that Catholic advisors would have learned that "discreet dissenting" as a modus operandi has l to more than a not many problems in the recent past: cover-up and secrecy

Perhaps a fourth and a fifth option are available. As a fourth option, the Catholic ecclesiastical authority should invest in research to enable it to determine the sexual orientation of a child at birth and then simply restrain them from baptism. Better to be exclud sooner than later. That policy could also be expanded to reject other minorities should the ecclesiastical authority deem it necessary.

As a fifth option, the celibate males in authority could be convinced through the majority to re-evaluate their understanding of human sexuality in light of the information provided according to the sciences of the 20th century

"Change" in the house of worship could then become an option that Gregory Baum could not realistically impose forward.

Openness to change in the official church's policy forward the use of artificial birth restrain condom use and homosexuality might then catch up with the majority of North American Catholics who already consciously make choice of to ignore the church's, medieval positions onward so many issues.

Paul Campeau

Winnipeg

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