The loneliness and lack of male confidence from the adolescent stage of life that lead to same - sex attractions to teen - age males can be resolved with
no further homosexual acting - out behaviours in highly motivated persons.»
Not exact matches
On Christian ethical grounds, I would recommend that all laws making criminal offenses of
acts between consenting
homosexual adults be repealed and that there be no blanket job discrimination against
homosexual persons of either sex;
further, I contend that exclusion of
homosexual persons from churches (unless they are pushed out for a reason that would apply to heterosexuals in identical fashion) is untenable.
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.
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?
This conclusion is
further supported by... the witnesses» evidence, found, inter alia, that «One of the effects of criminal sanctions against
homosexual acts is to reinforce the misapprehension and general prejudice of the public and increase the anxiety and guilt feelings of
homosexuals leading, on occasions, to depression and the serious consequences which can follow from that unfortunate disease.»