«Many
homosexual people follow Christ, drawn to him by his love and his outstretched arms welcoming all those who turn to him.»
Not exact matches
The crisis point came
following the ELCA's 2009 decision to bless same - sex relationships and allow noncelibate
homosexual people to be ordained.
Once heterosexual and
homosexual people can stop dividing along the lines of «gay vs. straight» and see each other as members of Christ's body who are «one in Christ,» only then can we begin to come along side each other in love to help each other
follow Jesus more faithfully.
Questioned about homosexuality, he stressed that the Church has fought more than any other group in Africa to stop discrimination against
homosexual people, and at the same time he clearly stressed that the family is formed from a man and a woman, open to procreation and
following the teaching of the Catholic Church.
It does not
follow that all or even most
homosexual persons are drawn to children.
From the fact that
people love each other it does not
follow necessarily that they have the right to be married, whether they be heterosexual or
homosexual.
What we often neglect to say: From the fact that
people love each other it does not
follow necessarily that they have the right to be married, whether they be heterosexual or
homosexual.