Gender theory
The document begins the section on this topic by stressing that “every sign of unjust discrimination” against homosexual persons “is to be carefully avoided, particularly any form of aggression and violence”.
It is “contrary to human dignity”, the Declaration says, that in some places “not a few people are “imprisoned, tortured and even deprived of the good of life solely because of their sexual orientation” (55).
Gender theory, which is “extremely dangerous since it cancels differences in its claim to make everyone equal”, is then criticised (56).
The Church, we read, recalls that “human life in all its dimensions, both physical and spiritual, is a gift from God. This gift is to be accepted with gratitude and placed at the service of the good. Desiring a personal self-determination, as gender theory prescribes … amounts to a concession to the age-old temptation to make oneself God” (57).
Gender theory “intends to deny the greatest possible difference that exists between living beings: sexual difference” (58).
Therefore, ” all attempts to obscure reference to the ineliminable sexual difference between man and woman” are “to be rejected” (59).
Sex change is also judged negatively since it “risks threatening the unique dignity the person has received from the moment of conception”. This does not mean, however, excluding the possibility that “a person with genital abnormalities that are already evident at birth or that develop later may choose to receive the assistance of healthcare professionals to resolve these abnormalities” (60).
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