Under ordinances
forbidding discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, churches have been taken to court for refusing to hire a
homosexual as church organist or as teacher in the church school, ministries to the poor have lost their funding when they refused to tolerate
homosexual behavior within their programs, and a Jesuit university was required to give recognition and support to a gay rights group.
Fornication, adultery, and
homosexual practice are not simply itemized as
forbidden behavior; they are treated as objects of shame and loathing.