tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364002140978527246.post660364532232990570..comments2024-03-14T05:50:55.576-04:00Comments on Theology for the Church: A New Vision for Marriage?C Petersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11760333288548182117noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364002140978527246.post-13749320583641414302007-03-02T21:30:00.000-05:002007-03-02T21:30:00.000-05:00Kevan, thanks for your comment. The Roman Catholi...Kevan, thanks for your comment. The Roman Catholic Church teaches that marriage has both unitive and procreative functions. A few years ago, I heard Gary Simpson propose that we speak instead of the vocation of marriage as unitive and generative, since that is inclusive not only same-sex couples but also those heterosexual couples who are unable to have children. A marriage can be generative (life-giving) without necessarily being procreative. Same-sex couples and heterosexual couples can participate in the raising and educating of children, either by adoption or by involvement in ecclesial and community programs for children.C Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11760333288548182117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364002140978527246.post-7543819006598306742007-02-23T08:55:00.000-05:002007-02-23T08:55:00.000-05:00I think you know where I stand on the issue, and a...I think you know where I stand on the issue, and also I'm all for using the concept of vocation as the epistemological category for understanding humanity, Christology, God, church, etc. (as I've spent most of my graduate work developing it)...BUT...as I read the argument laid out here I couldn't help but think that when God calls us into being and issues our vocation as a community of stewards within creation, we are told to go forth and multiply. This doesn't mean we have to resort to Aristotelian categories of form, but one needs to account for this charge if one wishes to argue for same-sex marriage on the basis of a vocational anthropology.Kevan D Penvosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00244568380992341607noreply@blogger.com