The Strange Notion of “Gay Celibacy”

Published in: Crisis Magazine

Author: Dan Mattson

Published: January 26, 2015

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Of late, much attention has been given in both the secular media and Christian media to those who call themselves “gay celibate Christians.” As a man attracted to men yet committed to traditional Catholic teaching on human sexuality, I find the notion both of being “gay” or “celibate” strange. Indeed, in the context of what the virtue of chastity is all about, neither of them make sense.