No argument from me on that. But that is not how the issue is framed. The question is, why does Fr. Tom believe EF should be surpressed. I stated why I think so. If you have a better explanation, state it.

As for Vatican II, it was meant to be a rupture. Some recent doctrine from the late 19th and early 20th centuries cannot be made continuous because they condemn the advancement of theology, not just science and cannot cope with a rapidly changing culture, which changes with economics. Both of these environments do change human behavior and in some ways human nature, particulary regarding liberty. Old doctrine does not work in that paradigm, or in a chaste paradigm where chasitity is about more than not cheating. Stoic sexual idealism is not original Catholic doctrine, but has been incorporated since Augustine. It can be excised and replaced by something as holy but less compulsively pietous (not pious). 100 years ago no one would have mentioned clerical asexuality. It's time.