Since homosexual acts by their very nature are neither unitive nor generative, but masturbatory, they can have nothing to do with marriage.
The traditional position has been that
since every homosexual act is sinful and contrary to God's plan, the love that exists between gay people is a sinful love which alienates the lovers from God.
Not exact matches
Doesn't the NT verses we have talked about - no matter how few,
since when does the number matter - indicate that
homosexual acts are included in those lifestyle choices that God does not want us to make.
«You appear to agree that the Bible condemns same - sex
acts but not
homosexual acts since they didn't exist.»
The patriarchalism of Hebrew culture shows its hand in the very formulation of the commandment,
since no similar stricture was formulated to forbid
homosexual acts between females.
Only
homosexual activity is disapproved,
since «the Church sees these
acts as attaining their full significance only in the context of marriage.»