Blog Articles from the Sons of St. Joseph
2015: 3 more dead gay porn stars
"King B" (1990-2015) Blue Blake (1966-2015) Zac Stevens (1990-2015)
5 “gay” male celebrities – 5 stories of heartache and loss…
The common denominator among all “gay” men is a childhood usually filled with some sort of alienation, inadequacy, pain, neglect, and or abuse. A number of them have experienced all of these emotions, others just
Last exit to “gay” – How to get out of homosexuality
In 1999, I took my last drive out of San Francisco as a “gay” man. After a particularly hard night of sex and partying, I was vomiting up blood and thought I was near death.
New Pope Francis appointee “respects” gay sex…
Pope Francis has replaced Archbishop André-Joseph Léonard with liberal Jozef De Kesel for the archdiocese of Brussels, Belgium. During a news conference announcing his appointment, when asked about homosexuals, he answered, “I have much respect
Elton John and the wounded boy origin of homosexuality…
Elton John recently had this to say about the very troubled relationship with his now deceased father: “He never told me he loved me, he didn’t hold me, and he didn’t come to see me
Family Lies: Why some parents would rather embrace “gay” than face the truth…
The Catholic mother of a “gay” son, after finding out about his homosexuality, said: “I felt a great sigh of relief since I had imagined many worse things like: drugs, terrible sickness, trouble with police,
Respected, Welcomed, and Accompanied – The new Catholic “gay” guide for families
“The Church has modeled her attitude to the Lord Jesus that in the boundless love he offered to every person without exception (MV, 12). To the families who live the experience to have within them
Three “gay” insiders reveal the truth about homosexuality…
Porn director Mr. Pam had this to say about the men she works with in the gay pornography industry: “A lot of the guys had a sh***y childhood, or were dealt a bad deck of
“Full Disclosure:” What the Church should tell “gays…”
Father Thomas Rosica, the Vatican spokesman for the Synod, has stated publicly with regard to homosexuality at a press conference: “There must be an end to exclusionary language and a strong emphasis on embracing reality
What do “gays” want from the Catholic Church: Mercy or Acceptance?
Cardinal Robert Sarah, head of the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship, said: “If there’s no repentance, there’s no mercy.” Famed “gay” essayist and novelist Andrew Holleran wrote this about the uneasy relationship between homosexual men
Synod Fathers: “gays” do not need you to “accompany” them, but to be there when they return…
Archbishop Blase Cupich of Chicago said: “In Chicago I visit regularly with people who feel marginalized: the elderly, the divorced and remarried, gay and lesbian individuals and also couples. I think that we really need
Embracing “intrinsically disordered” – Why “less condemnatory” language hides the Truth of homosexuality
One of the Synod Bishops remarked that a new approach to the Church’s outreach to homosexuals should include a revision in terminology: “There’s very strong support for a less condemnatory approach and language is at
Folsom Street Fair Outreach 2015
“Do not wait for leaders. Do it alone, person-to-person.” “We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.
Within 30 years: over 50% of gay men will be HIV+
“…within a cohort of young men now 20 years of age, the total burden of HIV disease would be estimated to be 25.4% by the time that they reach the age of 30, 41.4% at
“It’s an improvement…” Why Cardinal Schönborn is Dead Wrong!
In a recent interview with Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna, he had this to say about a homosexual friend who recently entered into a so-called “stable” gay relationship: “It’s an improvement,” he said. They share
In One Year – 50% of Gay Men Contracted a Sexually Transmitted Disease
“For 32 months, researchers at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in San Francisco tracked the health of over 600 people as they used Truvada daily to prevent the virus in a real-world setting. The average
The Gay Well – A Big Empty Hole in the Ground
In the first place, man, the image of God, was created “male and female” (Gen 1:27). Men and women are equal as persons and complementary as male and female. Sexuality is something that pertains to
Catholicism, Clarity, and the Gay Problem: An Answer to Dr. Janet Smith and the Current Courage Confusion
“We must search for the laws of its simplicity and clarity, for its power and authority, so as to overcome our natural lack of skill in the use of the great and mysterious spiritual instrument
Coming to Terms with My Own Disordered Gay Brokenness and Realizing that Jesus Was the Only Man Who Could Fix Me
Above: Carl Larrson, "In the Carpenter Shop" (1905). “God created us to love and to be loved, so it is our test from God to choose one path or the other. Any negligence in loving
7 Facts About the Gay Lifestyle They Don’t Want You to Know
“Over half (51.4%) reported an experience of sexual abuse.”1. “Compared with heterosexual respondents, gay/lesbian and bisexual individuals experienced increased odds of six of eight and seven of eight adverse childhood experiences, respectively [e.g., physical, sexual
“To those who say I am gay…” – Summer Outreach in the Castro
To those who say: ‘I am gay,” I proclaim that – “There is another way!” I am often asked what I talk about with the gay men and women I meet at these outreaches: it’s
Band-Aids on Bullet Wounds: Where Faith Based Approaches to Homosexuality Have Failed
When the Lord first Saved me from the sad and lonely world of homosexuality – I quickly realized that my problems, past, present and future, would go way beyond just the struggle for any enduring
Pain Killers: Why Gay Men Are Bent on Self-Destruction; and How Healing is Always Possible
The photos above – I took at the recent 2015 Dore Alley Street Fair in San Francisco. Along with Gay Pride in June, the Folsom Street Fair in September, and the Castro Street Fair in
Why Catholics Should Never Attend a Gay Wedding
“In those situations where homosexual unions have been legally recognized or have been given the legal status and rights belonging to marriage, clear and emphatic opposition is a duty. One must refrain from any kind
The Continuing Catholic/Gay Debate – A Discussion that Should Have Ended with AIDS
Fr. Jack McClure, former pastor at the notoriously pro-gay Catholic parish of The Most Holy Redeemer in San Francisco’s Castro District, upon his arrival, said: “We didn’t come here to change anybody…” Sadly, this priest
Dore Alley 2015 Outreach
“I will seek that which was lost: and that which was driven away, I will bring again: and I will bind up that which was broken, and I will strengthen that which was weak…” (Ezk
Catholic and Gay – Something Must Change: My Message to Most Holy Redeemer Parish in San Francisco
From a recent article which appeared in “Catholic San Francisco” about Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Parish in the Castro: “We didn’t come here to change anybody,” said Father McClure who sat with Father Link near
Surviving the AIDS Massacre and a Warning to Catholics Who Somehow Find Good in Gay
Prologue: When I got to San Francisco in 1988, I expected an endless funeral procession to be moving down Castro Street – there wasn’t. Instead, I saw hundreds of boys, just like me: rather wide-eyed,
My Conversion Through Orthodoxy
The icon I bought in 1992. “This world deceives even the wise with its appearance, for at times it appears desirable. It even offers benefits and treasures for loan, but in the day of death
The Case for Gay Intervention
The best show on TV right now is A&E’s “Intervention.” It is thoroughly compelling and incredibly difficult to watch. Dealing primarily with alcohol and drug addiction, the hour long program features one or several addicts,
“They Are All Looking for a Father;” and more musing from the 2015 San Francisco Gay Pride Parade
This year’s San Francisco Gay Pride Parade was billed as “historic” because just two days before, the Supreme Court issued its ruling which legalized same-sex marriage throughout the US. Yet, despite the apparent reasons to
Gay Marriage: It’s Not About Being Gay, or About Marriage – It’s About Fathers and Sons
Upon entering the gay lifestyle, I was immediately struck by the often large age discrepancy between many male couples. In fact, my first boyfriend was nearly 20 years older than I. But this was something
Former Seminarian Turned Gay Porn Star Dies
Bruno Bordas* 19??-2015 RIP *According to an interview conducted in 2008, Bordas revealed that he spent time at an Argentine seminary studying for the priesthood before leaving to enter the gay lifestyle and the porn
Fifth Gay Porn Death of 2015
Mateo Stanford 1980-2015 RIP
Gay Porn Star Dies of AIDS
Rick Karp (aka Cole Tucker) 1953-2015 RIP
The Helpers of the Hopeless: The Good and the Bad Priests in the Lives of Gay Men
Growing up as a marginal Catholic in the already marginal Catholic world of 1970s and 80s America, I had a dualistic view of priests: as either old and stodgy or as somewhat young and iconoclastic.