I've mostly argued with
you about homosexuality from a biological point of view.
One of my gay friends said that Anyabwile's article was the most overtly hateful thing he has read
about homosexuality from a Christian blog.
Not exact matches
I will no longer engage the biblical ignorance that emanates
from so many right - wing Christians
about how the Bible condemns
homosexuality, as if that point of view still has any credibility.
In addition, one can find
from Protestant churches statement after statement
about certain problems or quandaries that may impinge upon the family, such as abortion, gender - roles conflict, and
homosexuality.
Fury has been the target of furious rage
from the politically correct establishment, after making some eyebrow - raising comments
about women,
homosexuality and his Christian faith.
The young male, torn by doubts
about his own sexual capacity, flees
from the specter of
homosexuality and reassures himself by driving at excessive speeds.
Jesus may not have said anything
about homosexuality but the parable of the woman caught in adultery is not so much
about her sin but is a universal call to all sinners to turn
from sin and trust him as he is the one who saves us as he did the woman once saved we should go and sin no more.That applies to both straight or gay brentnz
Steven thanks for your testimony I agree with your view that
homosexuality is not an orientation we are not born that way but its a choice.We can choose to live by what our flesh dictates or we can live by what God reveals through his word and by his holy spirit.If we are serious
about following God we chose to follow him so it does nt matter whether gay or straight our choice is to follow God with all our heart.I have never been gay but have battled and was overcome by my fleshly desires not until i turned
from them and asked the holy spirit to help me have i been changed for that i will always be grateful to the Lord.So in that sense we are no different our testimonys are important and are powerful.Thank you for your witness and may the Lord continue to use you as his vessel to touch lives and hearts for him.brentnz
Someone
from the church hierarchy has finally said something
about homosexuality that isn't hostile, harmful, and anti-gay — and it was the pope!
He says his ears would perk up when he heard James Dobson talking
about homosexuality on the radio, but the only response
from famous Christian leaders centered around reparative therapy, which required «correcting» mistakes made by bad parenting or
from sexual abuse in the past.
Everything flows
from the opening sentence of the book, an expansion of a 2010 article
from the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy: «What we have come to call the gay marriage debate is not directly
about homosexuality, but
about marriage.»
«You're not like those people» — For many parents, the only thing they know
about homosexuality is what they know
from gay pride parades or stories of lewd, immoral behavior.
So maybe it is not
about bashing «
homosexuality» but
about calling all people (whether straight or gay) away
from lust.
It is also true that much social change in Ireland has come
about as a result of strong pressure
from E.U. institutions, for example, the decriminalization of «homosexual acts» in 1993 (
homosexuality as such was never illegal in Ireland, but «homosexual acts» were).
Otherwise competent journalistic reports on research findings
about male
homosexuality, such as Peter and Barbara Wyden's Growing Up Straight (Stein & Day, 1968), confound the picture for the public by appealing to the fears of middle - class parents; further, they profess (without foundation) to show that parents can educate their children away
from the possibility of becoming homosexual.
The title sets the question of Christian evaluation of
homosexuality in a different context from a title such as: «What does the Bible Say about Homosexu
homosexuality in a different context
from a title such as: «What does the Bible Say
about HomosexualityHomosexuality?»
Questioned
about homosexuality, he stressed that the Church has fought more than any other group in Africa to stop discrimination against homosexual people, and at the same time he clearly stressed that the family is formed
from a man and a woman, open to procreation and following the teaching of the Catholic Church.
It's the only book
about homosexuality and the Church that I feel comfortable recommending to everyone —
from my gay friends to my parents.
Aside
from the theological debate
about what the Bible has to say on
homosexuality, there are a number of legal considerations for churches.
The best of these are often lifted up during church services: Stories of redemption
from alcoholism and drug addiction are frequent, as are those
about mental illnesses and chronic sadness, and even some
about premarital sexual partnerships and
homosexuality.
A more recent document
from the senate of priests of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, Ministry and
Homosexuality in the Archdiocese of San Francisco (May 1983), comes to the same conclusion
about some homosexual people.
As some have pointed out, how can we possibly take such an immovable stand on the issue of
homosexuality, but we allow women to speak in church, to go
about with their heads uncovered, we no longer stone people caught in adultery, we don't crucify thieves... it's just astonishing to think people pick and choose verses and chapters
from the Bible to cling to.
With 100 - plus proposals on what the United Methodist Church (UMC) should do
about human sexuality —
from deleting its Book of Discipline's stance that
homosexuality is «incompatible with Christian teaching» to allowing local churches to choose whether or not to approve same - sex unions and non-celibate gay clergy — organizers of the denomination's quadrennial conference tried to develop a special process to address the issue.
Professor King and his colleagues found a number of reasons were given by the psychiatrists and therapists for offering assistance, ranging
from the counsellor's own moral and religious views
about homosexuality through to a desire to help patients who were stressed by discrimination.
Mr Helmer, who defected
from the Conservatives in 2012, has come under fire for remarks
about homosexuality.
In the days before Museveni signed the bill, the Uganda National Academy of Sciences (UNAS) avoided being drawn into the controversy by declining a request
from the government to conduct a rushed review of the scientific evidence
about the causes of
homosexuality.
Pope Francis» arguments run the gamut
from the expected (he's especially interested in the concept of true brotherhood) to the scandalous (he's a strong proponent of the environment, believes that the power of science can go hand and hand with religion, and even talks
about welcoming
homosexuality into the church).
As for his own personal life, Alexander defies convention not by the intense homoerotic suggestions between he and Jared Leto's Hephaistion (
homosexuality not a social taboo during this time), but by his marriage to Roxane (Rosario Dawson), a woman of a lower social order and
about whom Alexander is given much grief
from his advisors.
Shamelessly manipulative in some respects — most of the laugh lines hinge on the hilarity of little old British ladies asking candid questions
about homosexuality — the film nevertheless gains a certain stirring power, almost of all of it owed to the inspirational events
from which it's inspired.
Sub-plots
about Elle's marriage to boyfriend Emmett (Luke Wilson) and her pet dog's blossoming
homosexuality offer precious little respite
from the hollow messages
about self - belief and being nice to animals.
Beach Rats: Eliza Hittman directs this coming - of - age drama
about a teenager
from Brooklyn who begins to come to terms with his
homosexuality.
After much outcry
from Utah citizens who don't take their marching orders
from a mysterious, all - knowing voice in the sky (i.e. the Eagle Forum), Herbert vetoed HB363 in March 2012, which would have shut down classroom discussion
about sex, contraception and
homosexuality — as sponsoring Rep. Bill Wright so eloquently put it, «This is not like all our kids are going to die if they don't learn promiscuous behavior.»