My experience as a Catholic has not led me to believe the church is anti-homosexual. I have rarely heard it mentioned, if ever. What they seemed to be was anti-heterosexual, with the great sin being French kissing and/or beyond. The great chore of celibacy for men was to avoid women..that is why things go so wierd with young boys etc. and priests..they saw women as the greater sin.

And what is this about ultra-conservatives and Latin Mass? I would far rather have the Latin Mass than the whatever it now is...accompanyied usually by ugly music. I am probably about middle of the road, with great departures from church policy on divorce and birth control etc. But I do believe in tithing if you can, being a decent person, not eating meat on Friday, crossing yourself in front of a church, saying a Hail Mary when you hear an ambulance and collecting small statues that glow in the dark when you rub them on your hair. mg