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By Dr. Mark Lowery, Catholic World Report, May 6, 2026
Dr. Mark Lowery, who passed away in July 2021, was a professor of moral theology at University of Dallas for 27 years and the longtime chair of the theology department. …
[Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in Catholic Dossier (March/April 2001) and was first posted at CWR on September 22, 2017.]
The tragic impasse that exists in our culture on the issue of homosexuality stems from two errors.
On the one hand, many moderns have embraced an autonomous view of reality: “I can do what I want as long as it doesn’t hurt anyone else.” According to such relativism, homosexual acts are perfectly legitimate so long as they are between two consenting adults. In stark reaction to such subjectivism, many others embrace a moralism that easily turns venomous when it vilifies and demonizes: “Homosexuality is wrong because God said so” (and nothing more). The distinction between the homosexual condition and homosexual acts, if added at all, is added as an afterthought. This view, opposite that of autonomy, could be termed heteronomy, because God’s law is understood to be extrinsically and somewhat arbitrarily placed upon man with a seeming lack of concern for the experience of the persons involved. …Related posts
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