Homosexualism versus Catholicism

About the Book

The author, David Carlin, begins this book with a distinction between
homosexuality (same-sex attraction or behavior) and homosexualism (the
ideology of the gay movement). He says that homosexuality is no danger to
Catholicism, but that the ideology of homosexualism is a very grave danger.
Moreover, homosexualism is part and parcel of an even larger philosophical
danger, which Carlin calls moral liberalism, according to which we are free to
do anything we wish provided we don’t hurt others in an obvious and tangible
way. This ethical theory is profoundly at odds with the Catholic ethical ideal,
especially its sexual ideal. What’s more, moral liberalism is a kind of practical
atheism. And thus the ideology of homosexualism turns out to be part of
the atheistic “culture war” against Christianity in general and Catholicism
in particular. Carlin contends that if Catholics are to safeguard their religion
they must understand—and fi ght back against—the homosexualist ideology.

About the Author

David R. Carlin is the author of two previous books: The Decline and Fall of the Catholic Church in America and Can a Catholic Be a Democrat? During the past 30 years he has written well over a hundred political and cultural opinion pieces in a number of national periodicals, including Commonweal, America, First Things, and The New York Times. He is a former Democratic Majority Leader of the Rhode Island Senate, and is currently a professor of sociology and philosophy at the Community College of Rhode Island.