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Maybe more like an exhortation to martyrdom. 

Fr. Thomas Euteneur of Human Life International said Christian martyrdom will take on different forms in the future.  He speaks about a “green” martyrdom:

He explained the subtle economic forces that can compromise the faithful:  “even though many Catholics would undoubtedly give up their lives for Christ, people find it much harder to give up their jobs for Christ.” 

HLI’s president warned of pressures on health professionals to commit intrinsically evil acts in the course of their work, the difficulties of avoiding immoral practices institutionalized in some businesses, and the unjust stigma placed upon parents who criticize sex education in schools or have more children than average.

Father Euteneur saw this coercion acting even upon bishops.  The Archdiocese of New York will face significant financial consequences if it avoids state legal requirements that health insurance cover employees’ contraception.  Defending the Catholic faith, he wrote, “will sometimes mean bleeding green in lawsuits, financial losses, firings and confiscations for the sake of the Kingdom.” - CNA

Wouldn’t this be more accurately described as persecution?  I think so.  Actually, the financial and social sufferings Christians experience may serve as a preparation for martyrdom, but they cannot be classified as martyrdom itself.  Unless we consider our money and prosperity as our life blood - hence the “green” martyrdom theory.  If so, our priorities are skewed and just might require the correction.

It is against natural law.

“Therefore, since by the unnatural vices man transgresses that which has been determined by nature with regard to the use of venereal actions, it follows that in this matter this sin is the gravest of all. After it comes incest, which is contrary to the natural respect which we owe persons related to us.

“The nature of the species is more intimately united to each individual, than any other individual is. Wherefore sins against the specific nature are more grievous. “Wherefore among sins against nature, the most grievous is the sin of bestiality, because use of the due species is not observed. After this comes the sin of Sodomy, because use of the right sex is not observed (ibid., II-II, q. 154, a. 12). - St. Thomas on Homosexuality 

(Note:  I am not in agreement with everything the website I link to posts, they tend to be extremely critical of the Pope and everything VII.  Nonetheless, solid doctrinal pieces, such as the above section from St. Thomas are readily available.)