Did anyone hear them discussing it on the Today programme this morning? Joanna Bogle (Catholic writer/commentator) and a woman who used to edit the Catholic Herald (I think). I really think it could have done with a scientific perspective, especially with Ms Bogle spouting off nonsense about how male and female was everywhere in nature and we are fooling ourselves if we deny that there is an absolute distinction.
Perhaps someone could have talked her through chromosomal abnormalities, hermaphroditism, spontaneous sex change in some animals, homosexuality in many many animals etc.
I hate this black and white view of the world. The world is full of grey areas and that's what makes it interesting!
Anyway, I'd have thought that choosing to marry the church and remain celibate (hah!) throughout your life would be more likely to destroy the human race, if indeed we weren't already over-populated.
The celibacy thing was done because back just a few hundred years (or less) after Jesus they believed his second coming would be very soon and that procreating wasn't that important because we were approaching the end anyway.
Phew, think that's enough of a rant. I'm off for a shower