was a burning question to Rev. Eastburn. Chastity or marriage were the only alternatives a true Christian had in his eyes.

Homosexuals, he told us, wore: 1, afflicted with a disorder of nature; 2, must attempt to stay away from their sources of temptation; and 3, should take therapy and attempt to make a heterosexual adjustment to life. (If you can't make number three, I presume that leaves you celibate, presuming further that you're capable of remaining celibate and retaining your sanity.)

"Man is a fallen creature," he told us, quoting Genesis, and warned that if one chooses his will over God's Will or the Divine Order that a damaged personality will result. However, Rev. Eastburn was truly a charitable man, for he pointed out that this sad plight we were in was not all our fault, that frequently wo socmed the fruit of parents who had not followed the commandment to love one another and that the self-centeredness of man was omnipresent.

Concerning Rev. Robert Wood's book, "Christ and the Homosexual," he disagreed on many points. In particular ho disagreed that homosexuals were capable of sacramental love" or that we served a function in the Divine Plan by being an automatic brake on over-population. He did not care to discuss the areas in which he disagreed, however. He felt that it was more profitable to discuss the areas in which he did agree, like page 178 of said book which mentioned that "The Law came by Moses. The Grace camo by Jesus Christ."

OFF-THE-CUFF DISCUSSION

Well, it was a real different kind of luncheon, you had to admit that! And it stirred up a lot of discussion and new thinking. One of the many conversations overheard wont like this:

Dispossessed Catholic: "Well, you have to admit

he was completely logical!"

Angry Froe-thinker:

"He was not either logical!"

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