Sentences with phrase «as same sex attraction»

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where she writes openly about the fact that, as she says, «I am a Christian who struggles with same sex attraction.»

As he says: «Never before has the need been so great for the people of God to provide spiritual and truly fraternal support for persons who experience differing degrees of same - sex attraction or gender uncertainty.»

«Since that time of self - discovery,» he says, «I have struggled week in and week out to know how to live faithfully as a Christian who experiences same - sex attraction.»

Sexual orientation has been the focal point for quite some time for special attention in law to overcome disadvantage (real or alleged) for those with attraction to persons of the same sex; and now, increasingly those who wish to change sex or dress as a person of the opposite sex.

If same - sex attraction is good in the same way or to the same extent that heterosexual attraction is good, then the American Psychological Association is right: «Being gay is just as healthy as being straight.»

At the same time, and as the NRB rightly notes, there are undoubtedly in the priesthood many men afflicted by same - sex attractions who are nonetheless good and faithful priests living lives of chaste celibacy.

about people who experience same - sex attraction trying to live a Christian life, this fuller exposition of his thought on the new ideologies presented a fascinating look into the way in which colonialism — discredited by liberals and to lesser extent many conservatives as well — has gone away from the actual military and political rule seen in previous centuries, to a stealthier and subtler form of the exertion of foreign power.

Wilson experienced same - sex attraction as a teenager but is now married with children.

Had he been seeking advice on how to embrace his same - sex attractions, perform sexually as a gay man, or develop a romantic homosexual relationship, he would have been welcomed.

In a statement, it outlined its issue with Bishop Alan: «The continued failure to admonish the Bishop of Buckingham, despite his refusal to uphold the teaching of the Church and guidance of the House on matters of sexuality, whilst also allowing him, without criticism, repeatedly to describe Conservative Evangelicals as homophobic, including those who themselves experience same - sex attraction but seek to live celibate, God - honouring lives.»

Those who opposed the motion described it as impossible because it would bring division in the church and would discriminate against those who experience same - sex attraction but don't act on it.

We thought of it as a marriage between a man and woman as God intended, accomplished through his grace even in the midst of my «same - sex» attraction.

This left him with three options, as he saw it: the first was to hide his same - sex attraction and marry a woman in spite of his lack of attraction to her, which he felt would be unfair to both himself and the woman in such a relationship; the second was to pursue a relationship with another guy, which he had trouble reconciling with what he'd been taught regarding the Bible's teachings on homosexuality; and the third option was to remain celibate, which left Justin with the prospect of being alone for the rest of his life.

It is billed as «A pastoral conversation about same - sex attraction.»

Livingitout.com includes a series of short films in which participants speak about living as Christians with same - sex attraction, chastity, finding identity...

Today as never before the Church is equipped to address same - sex issues in the first person, to speak of same - sex attraction in terms of «I» rather than «you.»

We'll continue this discussion next week as Justin confronts the inevitability of his same - sex attraction.

(You see this position reflected in a recent Gospel Coalition post, where those with fixed, same - gender attraction are described as «having SSA» — same - sex attraction — and encouraged to pursue celibacy.)

Yet, in our culture, the Catholic belief that same - sex attraction is «objectively disordered» is sometimes itself regarded as «homophobic».

For example, recent shows have discussed living as a Christian «in a neo-pagan culture,» a debate on the Church's view on same - sex attraction, and an episode about the importance of human exceptionalism (featuring an interview with yours truly).

This latter Catholic doctrine, we would note, is understood as applying to all human beings and not just, as some try to spin it, to those with same - sex attraction.

Same - sex attraction is inherent to the person; a person people can not control what he (used as a generic pronoun) finds sexually attractive or appealing.

As participants entered puberty, family members devised strategies for enforcing change, especially for those whose parents discovered their same - sex attractions.

He has even started to market AshleyMadison.com as a place where the married can pursue their same - sex attractions.

It poses those reminders that same - sex attraction and relationships were thought of as shameful in 1973.

Dirty Weekend wants to say something new about the mystery of sexual attraction, but at this point, Neil LaBute seems to have the same level of insight into sex and relationships as Sin City creator Frank Miller does into violence and criminality.