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1. Masturbation
2. Pre-marital sex
Pre-marital sex is one flesh union between a male and a female before
marriage. It is mostly sex without commitment. Again, traditionally, since it is
against the natural law which reserves the sexual act to marriage, it is
intrinsically evil. It is to be avoided. Actually, it can be avoided, if parents
realize threat adolescents have tremendous sexual or creative energy and
direct their children towards a variety of activities to use this energy.
Adolescence is also a time when persons seek intimacy and if parents are not
available to give it or do not give it, the adolescents may seek it elsewhere.
The problem is different for a young man and woman who already have a
long relationship, are committed to one another, but cannot yet marry because of
circumstances. some theologians use the term pre-nuptial sex when the sexual act
happens within such a relationship. Pre-nuptial sex when the sexual act happens
within such a relationship. Pre-nuptial sex is a one-flesh union between a male and a
female, who have through time proven their commitment to each other. All they
need to do is to celebrate their nuptial rites for the community to acknowledge
them as married. Pre-nuptial sex is often morally justified.
3. Homosexuality
Some of our friends may appear effeminate in their ways. Readily, we judge
them as bakla or homosexuals. In morality, however, we make important
distinctions. Not all effeminate persons are homosexuals. Effeminate behaviour may
be a superficial pattern, caused by ones environment and acquired in ones growth
process towards adulthood. Moreover, we differentiate homosexual orientation
from homosexual activity. Homosexual orientation refers to the attraction, which a
person experiences toward members of the same sex.
We can take three positions on the issue. First, homosexual orientation is not
freely chosen. It is not reasonable to condemn someone on such basis alone.
Through time, their homosexual orientation might even be reversed. Second, there
are homosexuals, who because of circumstances engage in homosexual activity.
Sometimes, they even take advantage of non-homosexuals. This sexual activity is
wrong. Pastorally speaking, however, we have to accept the homosexual person and
helped him or her in his attempts to abstain from such activity. It may also be
needed to protect others who got involved. Third, there are homosexuals, whose
homosexual orientations is really irreversible and they have accepted themselves as
such. Within a covenant relationship, some moral theologians judge their physical
engagement with a homosexual person of the same sex as morally acceptable. In
some countries of Europe and some states in the USA, covenant relationships
between homosexual persons are recognized and legally sanctioned. Such a legal
contract, however, should not be called marriage.