Homogamy.

Revolution begins with words. Nietszche, the exemplar of moral inversion and nihilism, expressed godless revolution perfectly, indeed satanically: "O evil, be thou my good".

In direct contrast, Our Lord Jesus Christ, the God made Flesh, had these words to give to sin-infected mankind: "Come to me all ye who labour, and I shall give you rest". These words are for all men, for all time; to a sinner such as myself (who does not presume to judge the interior life of any man--that remains Our Lord's domain), but equally to all men be they a thief, blasphemer or saint--and yes, to those who are morally and spiritually afflicted by sexual temptation: be they heterosexual, bisexual or homosexual. All men are stained with Original Sin, and subject to actual sin, all men need the healing action of the Redeemer in their lives and souls; all men need the charity of Christ.

Charity demands that we call things what they are, that we do not lie to others, and not to ourselves. Words express our inner selves, our conscience. When we play with words, we play with our conscience; we dull it, silence it and ultimately we can kill it.

So too with sex. Chesterton wrote that if we do not control sex, it will control us, indeed it will destroy us (how ironic, that sex is a death-dealer in our world, when God gave it for Life! Indeed the world, the flesh and the devil have taken God's gift and inverted it).

Likewise disingenuous semantics have played their part in dulling, silencing and killing consciences on the road to ultimate sexual revolution. Hence we have terms such as "living together", "safe-sex," "gay," and now "same-sex marriage". No! The word "marriage" is a sacred word denoting the lifelong union between one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others and for the purposes of procreation and mutual sanctification. In turn, "matrimony" etymologically denotes the office of motherhood. St. Paul speaks of marriage as a mystery, reflecting the union of Christ and His Church. To use the term "same-sex marriage" is to gradually become a material accessory to sexual revolution.

I have mused for awhile over the oxymoronic term: "same-sex marriage". Though the following term is not perfect, for it still uses "marriage" (though from Greek), nevertheless it emphasizes that these homosexual "unions" are different from marriage, and removes the desensitizing technique of fusing "same- sex" with "marriage".

Hence I propose this neologism: HOMOGAMY.

Homogamy. noun. {Gk. from homos (the same) + gamos (marriage)} A form of union between two homosexuals, recognized in civil law.

Homogamous. adj. Of, or pertaining to homogamy, upholding or practising homogamy.

Jon Parr

Toronto, ON