Gary Gutting, professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, provides food for debate in the form of a recent New York Times article. In it he claims there is a good argument to be made that strongly supports the claim that homosexual acts are not in general immoral, nor is there a need to conclude that God’s revelation says otherwise. This he claims, points the way to the church’s acceptance of homosexual acts as part of a morally fulfilling human relationship.
He also suggests that while understanding that bishops are not politically in a position to deny what is still an official church doctrine, there is nothing that requires them to vigorously enforce a teaching that they consider dubious even in terms of the church’s own view on the two accepted sources of truth, namely faith and reason, or specifically in this case, scripture and natural law.
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Gary Gutting is a professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, and an editor of Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.