Sentences with phrase «far as homosexual»

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Far from being an indicator of social acceptance of homosexuality, a movie such as The Birdcage - sanitized of what homosexuals actually do with their plumbing, and of grim specters such as AIDS - is a very traditional instance of people finding homosexual behavior, especially in its more flamboyant cross-dressing variations, ludicrously funny.

An unbiased view would presume the numbers of homosexual men at that time to be quite small — most likely the 2 to 2.5 percent that is now reported — and as far as I can see from the evidence, these few homosexual men did little or nothing to influence the bachelor subculture at the turn of the century.

The theological issues are far from resolved; but, judging from what has happened in Bloomington, even conservative Christians (though traditionally among those most opposed to gay civil rights) are learning that theological concerns need not blind any of us to the needs and rights of homosexuals as human beings.

«Regarding homosexuals, it went so far as to pose the question whether the church could accept and value their sexual orientation without compromising Catholic doctrine,» said John Thavis, a former Rome bureau chief for Catholic News Service.

And as for the clear admonition that homosexual sex is wrong... the scriptural case against such a notion is FAR STRONGER than any supporting it.

If the union between man and woman has strayed further and further from legal forms, and if homosexual unions are perceived more and more as enjoying the same standing as marriage, then we are truly facing a dissolution of the image of humankind bearing consequences that can only be extremely grave.

Cindy, I have no agenda regarding homosexual individuals and in roughly 1000 posts on my blog I have not even covered it once, as far as I can remember.

I heard statements from my grandfather as far back as I could remember that homosexual practices were something the «white man» taught us and that it was a sign of weakness and weirdness in their culture.

He went so far as to suggest, but did not develop the idea, that homosexuals who had been ordained were not validly ordained, homosexuality being an «impediment» to ordination in the same way that there may be impediments to a valid sacramental marriage.

It is odd that the Bell case, in many ways as searingly important as Captain Dreyfus was to Zola's generation of Frenchmen, has so far barely raised a whisper in English public life, while disputes about homosexual clergy or women bishops command attention.

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.

So far as is known, most of these women, after group sex is left behind, seldom if ever again engage in homosexual activity.

I know that being from the US Bible Belt that by and large homosexuals are greatly persecuted and often not allowed to be members of their churches... even going so far as seeing hate crimes committed against them....

But if that's so, he notes, then it should govern the way Christians think about same - sex sexual activity as well, and thus he concludes: «When those with homosexual orientation act on their desires in a loving, committed relationship, [they] are not, as far as I can see, violating the love command.»

President Robert Mugabe has gone so far as to compare homosexual acts with animal behavior.

Whereas the infusion of the theological virtues sets the Christian free, identifying as homosexual only further enslaves the sinner.

If we are persuaded that there may be a third category of sexual vocation, then the homosexual may further ask: How is my homosexuality to be acted out in such a way as to contribute to God's purposes for me and my fellow human beings?

A further possible application is to agree (as Norman Pittenger does) that celibacy is not a category to be applied a priori to the situation of the homosexual.

I believe that the pendulum is now swinging so far the other way and there are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who see this as but a stepping stone to something even further.»

As for current day parallels in the USA - we don't have to go far back in US history to have African - Americans passing as whites for the greater opportunities; and homosexuals having to hide their true nature for fear of imprisonmenAs for current day parallels in the USA - we don't have to go far back in US history to have African - Americans passing as whites for the greater opportunities; and homosexuals having to hide their true nature for fear of imprisonmenas whites for the greater opportunities; and homosexuals having to hide their true nature for fear of imprisonment.

After all, as a result of the TWU decision a TWU graduate could become a teacher with no further training outside of the TWU environment (which training might allow the BCCT to screen out people who might discriminate against homosexuals).