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Celibacy is an important part of the priesthood / Kevin O'Brien -- Celibacy should not be a requirement for Catholic priests / Marc Pascal -- Women should not be priests / American Catholic -- Women should not be barred from the priesthood / John Wijngaards -- Gays should be barred from the priesthood / John Thavis -- Gays should not be barred from the priesthood / Michael Sean Winters -- The Catholic Church rejects homosexual acts, but condemns prejudice against homosexual persons / Ron Belgau -- The National Organization for Marriage encourages Catholic anti-gay bigotry / Walter Barton -- The Catholic Church's opposition to gay marriage is not based on prejudice / Doug Williams -- Gay Catholics should leave the church / Rod Dreher -- Gay Catholics can remain in the church / Andrew Sullivan -- Homophobia and repression led to the church sex abuse scandal / David France -- Gay priests should not be the focus of the church sex abuse scandal / Daniel Burke -- The Catholic Church promotes natural birth control and sexuality within marriage / Angela Townsend -- The Catholic Church is uncomfortable with sexuality in marriage / Frances Kissling -- The Catholic Church must oppose embryonic stem cell research / Nancy Frazier O'Brien -- Embryonic stem-cell research can be reconciled with Catholicism / Anthony Stevens-Arroyo -- The Catholic Church's opposition to condoms endangers African women / Marcella Alsan -- The Catholic Church is not responsible for the spread of AIDs in Africa / Rich Deem -- The Catholic Church must prevent abortion being funded through health care reform / Keith Fournier -- The Catholic Church should not make abortion central to health care reform / James Carroll -- The Catholic Church may gain many converts by absorbing disaffected Anglicans / Ruth Gledhill et. al. -- Absorbing Anglicans into the Catholic Church may have unintended consequences / Gerald Floyd -- The Catholic Church needs to be stricter to grow / Christopher Chantrill -- The Catholic Church and other religious groups will experience demographic changes / Sean Scallon -- The Catholic Church worldwide will grow by becoming less centered in Europe / John L. Allen, Jr.