Sentences with phrase «for homosexual conduct»

FRC's leaders have at one time or another endorsed criminal penalties for homosexual conduct and praised Uganda's move toward harsh anti-LGBT punitive measures.

FRC spokespeople at one time or another have endorsed criminal penalties for homosexual conduct and praised Uganda's move toward harsh punitive measures against the LGBT community and its supporters.

Not exact matches

The Mormon church has always treated homosexual relations as wrongful conduct, and already classed them with fornication and adultery as offenses calling for discipline.

Ten years earlier, in Bowers v. Hardwick, the Court had upheld the power of a state to make sodomy a crime; but now, as Justice Scalia pointed out, the Court was willing to strike down a law merely for «disfavoring homosexual conduct.»

Even though my writing these words — homosexual conduct is sinful, and homosexual desires are objectively disordered — makes it very nearly impossible for me to be employed by a Fortune 500 company, become a professor at a major university, get appointed to government office, or in any way receive preferment in establishment institutions in America.

Even if it may be shown that some homosexuals have an orientation that they have not chosen, it is fair to state that homosexual behavior is in fact «a choice,» and one that most people do not view as normal conduct either for themselves or their sons and daughters in or out of the military.

At a time when that government was trying to enact a harshly anti-gay law ---- sidetracked at least for the moment by a court ruling ---- that includes jail time even for those who fail to report knowledge of homosexual conduct, Cabrera decried the rise of «cultural shifters going after our young.»

But researchers recently combined the results of 15 observational studies in a meta - analysis conducted in the U.S., Europe and several developing nations involving over 53,000 homosexual men to determine if any evidence for protection exists.

Personal ads for homosexual activity, which was still illegal, were increasing as well — causing authorities to conduct more investigations into the content in newspapers.

Thomas W. Payzant's nomination to be assistant secretary for elementary and secondary education hit a pothole due to his role in barring the Boy Scouts, which excludes homosexuals, from conducting in - school programs when he was superintendent in San Diego.

However, the judges were unanimous that there was no violation in the cases of: Nurse Shirley Chaplin, who was moved to a paperwork role after refusing to remove a crucifix, which it argued could cause injury when handling patients; Gary McFarlane, a marriage counsellor, who was sacked for refusing to give sex therapy to homosexuals; or Registrar Lillian Ladele, who was disciplined after she declined to conduct same - sex civil partnerships.