Sentences with phrase «as heterosexual ones»

Since palimony is a claim based on a non-marital relationship, in certain states it has been allowed in the dissolution of gay relationships as well as heterosexual ones.

Not exact matches

They are just as solid as the hetero ones... their children are just as well taken care of... and God uses them just as well as He does heterosexuals.

Texts such as Leviticus 20:13 («If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall be put to death») were frequently cited at the height of the Bloomington controversy, prompting one gay to write to the newspaper and ask: «Is God suggesting that heterosexuals kill us?»

Once heterosexual and homosexual people can stop dividing along the lines of «gay vs. straight» and see each other as members of Christ's body who are «one in Christ,» only then can we begin to come along side each other in love to help each other follow Jesus more faithfully.

To portray same - sex and heterosexual commitment as mutually exclusively seems more a tactic of fear than one of love and grace.

«There is not one shred of evidence of a validated conversion to heterosexual orientation through therapy or Christian conversion and prayer,» he writes.48 At the other end of the spectrum, Richard Lovelace claims that homosexuals can, and indeed are being healed and transformed in their sexual orientation, as Paul himself asserts (1 Cor.

In homosexual behavior the bodily joining of their practitioners, whether homosexual or heterosexual, does not unite them biologically as one complete procreative organism.

«Couldn't even as a heterosexual I have this type of relationship with more than one woman?»

Now with our freedom under threat from a new fear, the best that liberal secular guides like Goodman can offer is a lament that the discussion is polarized around the «moralists» and the «medicalists» — one pushing monogamy, the other praising Magic as «a heterosexual poster child.»

One thing I love about the Gay Christian Network, of which Justin is the director, is that it welcomes healthy dialog between folks on «Side A,» who believe homosexual relationships have the same value as heterosexual relationships in the sight of God, and folks on «Side B,» who believe only male / female relationships in marriage represent God's intent for sexuality.

Men and women have been condemned, rejected, and led to think of themselves as the worst of sinners, whereas they ought to have been welcomed, accepted, and treated as human beings exactly like their heterosexual brothers and sisters, the one difference being the direction of their sexual drive.

But few of us would endorse those elements of tradition that baptize patriarchal oppression, endorse violence against women, oppress lesbians and gays, exalt perpetual virginity as the superior state, or declare that heterosexual rape is a lesser sin than masturbation (on the view that the latter act contradicts nature while the former act, while also sinful, is in accordance with nature) The postbiblical tradition, like Scripture itself, does not provide one coherent, consistent sexual ethic.

LeVay achieved fame in the 1990s for publishing a study, often called «the gay brain» report, which revealed that the third Interstitial Nucleus of the Anterior Hypothalamus in heterosexual men was twice as large as the one found in gay men's brains.

Five of the 11 agencies will now comply with the rules, while one is to close... Another two of the agencies are seeking exemption from the law by having themselves registered as charities explicitly serving heterosexual and single people.

As I said in the Times and will say again here, I do, however, believe that most members of our community — as well as the majority of heterosexuals — can not and do not choose the gender of the persons with whom they seek to have intimate relationships because, unlike me, they are only attracted to one seAs I said in the Times and will say again here, I do, however, believe that most members of our community — as well as the majority of heterosexuals — can not and do not choose the gender of the persons with whom they seek to have intimate relationships because, unlike me, they are only attracted to one seas well as the majority of heterosexuals — can not and do not choose the gender of the persons with whom they seek to have intimate relationships because, unlike me, they are only attracted to one seas the majority of heterosexuals — can not and do not choose the gender of the persons with whom they seek to have intimate relationships because, unlike me, they are only attracted to one sex.

Twenty - five boys were white and all but one identified as heterosexual.

He and his colleagues at University of Haifa recruited 22 heterosexual couples, age 23 to 32 who had been together for at least one year and put them through several two - minute scenarios as electroencephalography (EEG) caps measured their brainwave activity.

Some of these differences include: the ability to search from a deep pool of potential partners outside of one's existing social networks; the ability to communicate online or via email prior to arranging for a face - to - face interaction; and matching algorithms that allow users to filter potential partners based on pre-existing criteria.3 Other research has indicated that the efficiency of online dating and the size of the potential dating pool compared with traditional methods make the process especially useful for people (such as gays and lesbians, or middle aged heterosexuals) who may have limited options for meeting people within their immediate geographic area or social circle.4 Still others have speculated that the rise of online dating has encouraged young adults, especially men, to forego marriage because they can always find women to date and that lowers their interest in committing to long term relationships.5

As far as these types of films go, Moore's screenplay is incredibly unexceptional, pouring on the heavy - handedness unabashedly (including his prized line «sometimes it is the people who no one imagines anything of who do the things no one can imagine, used three times), such as showing the juxtaposition of heterosexual flirtation between Matthew Goode and Tuppence MiddletoAs far as these types of films go, Moore's screenplay is incredibly unexceptional, pouring on the heavy - handedness unabashedly (including his prized line «sometimes it is the people who no one imagines anything of who do the things no one can imagine, used three times), such as showing the juxtaposition of heterosexual flirtation between Matthew Goode and Tuppence Middletoas these types of films go, Moore's screenplay is incredibly unexceptional, pouring on the heavy - handedness unabashedly (including his prized line «sometimes it is the people who no one imagines anything of who do the things no one can imagine, used three times), such as showing the juxtaposition of heterosexual flirtation between Matthew Goode and Tuppence Middletoas showing the juxtaposition of heterosexual flirtation between Matthew Goode and Tuppence Middleton.

The Happy Sad (Unrated) Bifurcated Brooklyn drama about two young couples, one, black and gay (Leroy McClain and Charlie Barnett), the other, white and heterosexual (Cameron Scoggins and Sorel Carradine), whose lives serendipitously intertwine as they explore their sexual identity.

The glammiest scenes of the film are as wild as Haynes has ever gotten, with Maryse Alberti using stage lighting to dim everything around its roman - à - clef rock stars to maximum the chromatic pop of their outlandish costumes and the frenzy of their sexual liberation, which goes one further than the heterosexual revolution of the «50s and «60s by venturing into other orientations.

Watch a clip from The Happy Sad: Two young couples in New York — one black and gay, one white and heterosexual — find their lives intertwined as they create new relationship norms, explore sexual identity, and redefine monogamy.

But if Abstract Expressionism as it has been presented until recently was an all - male, all - white, heterosexual movement, it needs to be said that Parsons also gave one - person shows to a number of artists who did not fit those parameter and have yet to achieve the renown of many of the named above.

The license is a privilege, but only one of many privileges that I have obtained as a heterosexual cis - male of European settler heritage born, just as my parents were born, in Ontario, Canada.

I have to imagine that that population is small, if it exists at all, but I digress), but given both the narrowness and breadth of that restriction, it's really quite unfair to characterize it as an «anti-gay» restriction as it's clear that the restriction is not targeted at homosexuals, since unmarried heterosexuals are subject to the same restriction — rather it's clearly targeted at what TWU identifies as un-Christian behavior of which homosexual sex (but not homosexuality, per se) is but one form.

In the study, heterosexual dating and newlywed partners independently completed questionnaires assessing their trait self - control, relationship satisfaction, relationship behaviors (e.g., forgiveness; frequency of conflict), and perceptions of one's partner (e.g., extent to which partners were perceived as responsive and attentive to one's needs).

My close college friends and I named ourselves feminists, cursed loudly in public, flirted with insults instead of hair flips, gave one another dead roses for Valentine's Day, and even penned a poster for our apartment that read «The Hairy - Leg Café» to play with the negative stereotypes of feminists we knew some of our peers held.2 For me, using the F - word as a proud marker of my belief in equality means that I hear subtle and not so subtle put - downs when I'm critical of sexual double standards, traditional heterosexual marriage, differences in pay and prestige, and who cleans the bathroom.

Although these differences are typically thought of as gender specific with women experiencing more responsive desire and men experiencing more spontaneous desire, I have worked with same sex couples where one partner experiences responsive desire while the other experiences more spontaneous desire and heterosexual couples where the typical experiences are reversed.

For them, as for other couples dealing with issues of sexual identity, Kristen and Peter all too painfully recognized that a heterosexual union does not work for either one.

In sum, while it may take two to make a relationship work, it really only requires one partner to kick start that relationship — and in our sample of heterosexual couples, that person is as likely to be the female partner as it is to be the male partner (at least according to participants» self - reports).

The goals of this investigation were to examine: (1) relationship members» perceptions of the balance of work at both the initiation and the maintenance stages of their relationship; (2) whether one gender in heterosexual, romantic relationships is perceived as doing more of the work of relationship initiation and relationship maintenance; and (3) relational outcomes (e.g, satisfaction) associated with the perceptions of balance versus imbalance in the work of relationship initiation and maintenance.