Paul's. He cited the 18th Lesson of the 47th Verse of the Bhagavad Gita as having morit for us. Ho interpreted it to moan that it was better to follow one's innor traits than to live in a manner not fitted to one. He cited an interesting passage from St. Thomas (the doubting apostle) to the effect that until man learned that he was really two spirits in one body, he would not know God.

Fathor Martin asked for questions and round-table disoussion of the problem. Nothing happened for a few minutes. The people geomod frozen, whether through fear or awo was hard to know. Finally one soul ventured that the people seomod stunned at the possibility that ministers might und orstand and accept their problems as being very little different from other people's problems and that perhaps someday they might sit in a church of their choice and be accepted and recognized as homosexuals without any fear or guilt.

Father Nowman said that was porhaps for that reason they were here. Ono nember asked where the concept of sex being so awful came from? Another menber felt that it was as Father Newman had said, if you stayed with the ancient writings you were all right; that it was when you got into churches proper that you had troubles. Ono brought up the problem of having confessed to a priest and having had the man betray his confidence to people he worked with. It gave him a pretty dim view of religion. Father Newmax stated that the priest had not really been a Christian in his heart or ho would not have dono it. Another member of the group told some good stories about priosts to counteract the bad impressions given.

One mombor felt that homosexuals wore mistaken in feeling that only they wore condemned to living with guilt in the Christian churches. She felt that in all churches soz itself was taught to be a sin except wherein it was used to bogot children within the marriage contract, and then the people involved weren't supposed to really enjoy this oxperience. About tho time the group seemed to be thawing out and getting