Sentences with phrase «homosexuality while»

Where Come Sunday manages to get into some topical areas of import come courtesy of a mournful performance from Lakeith Stanfield, a devoted acolyte of Pearson's determined to overcome his homosexuality while meanwhile battling the ravages of AIDs.

Marketed with urgent desperation as a film exploring the persecution of homosexuality while making a marked statement about the recuperation of the facts concerning the genius of Alan Turing, the accolades bestowed on this otherwise well mounted but incredibly milquetoast production is the political statement that the film simply does not have the courage to muster on its own.

Learn the difference between pedophilia and homosexuality while he's at it.

So why do so many Christians focus on the so - called «clobber verses» related to homosexuality while ignoring «clobber verses» related to gluttony or greed, head coverings or divorce?

Thus ambitious politicians like Barney Frank, who had no problem affirming his homosexuality while in Congress, wait until after they've retired to admit their nonbelief.

How can we discuss issues related to homosexuality while still making the Church a safe place for young people to be honest about their sexuality?

Some left homosexuality while in their late twenties or older and simply have not found a suitable potential spouse.

Not exact matches

For a while the notion that homosexuality was a «choice» (as in the phrase «sexual preference») was homosexual - movement orthodoxy; in recent years the correct line has been that it's somehow inherent.

-------- If you mean commited monogamous relationships while practicing homosexuality ------ still sin.

People balked at the comparison of gluttony to homosexuality... and I guess my question was why is one so charged with guilt and emotion while the other we don't really care so much about.

Only five out of 100 people gave churches generally an A for their handling of «the issue of homosexuality» in the Public Religion Research Institute survey, while 28 percent said their own church handled it well.

The lives of these boarding house men have been well described by Richard Stott in his 1990 book Workers in the Metropolis, which, while appreciating the many uncomfortable features of this existence, does describe the friendships that emerged among the boarders and specifically notes an absence of homosexuality.

The 1975 Continental Congress on the Family (a nationwide gathering in St. Louis of more than 2,000 evangelicals) issued a statement declaring that «while we acknowledge the Bible teaches homosexuality to be sinful, we recognize that a homosexual orientation can be the result of having been sinned against.»

Read his latest and courageous post on «Homosexuality: A Personal Reflection», in which he admits his homosexual attractions while being married to a woman.

The realization that homosexuality, while still something of a mystery, is not merely the result of choice - as St. Paul of course recognized - does force some reflection.

CNN: My Take: Why good Catholics are challenging church line on homosexuality Patrick Hornbeck of Fordham University looks into why more Catholics are defying the Vatican on homosexuality, while the Roman Catholic Church has called being gay or lesbian «an objective disorder.»

This is an important point, for, while we have often taught what is wrong with homosexuality, why it is a disorder and that «gay sex» is always morally wrong - we have been less effective at proposing the whole, positive vision of sex and love, and also what paths to fulfilment are open to people who experience same - sex attraction.

Note also that, while the word «abomination» has been used with reference to homosexuality, the biblical interpretation of the word «abomination» relates to any act of uncleanness as set out in the Holiness Code, such as eating shellfish, trimming your hair, touching the skin of a dead pig (should we stone the entire NFL?)

Similarly, while there may be some value in the refusal to take a moral stance on homosexuality — in order to focus squarely on the nature of marriage rather than on same - sex relationships — I am less than persuaded by the authors» moral judgment that people's sexual relationships are a private issue.

While the Bible can be misused by saying «homosexuality is not called a sin».

Finally, there is the fact that Christians love to pick and choose which sins are the worst — things like homosexuality and murder — while ignoring sins that are prevalent within our own congregations (which might actually be much worse)-- sins like gluttony, greed, and pride.

While the extent to which homosexuality is a genetic trait is often overstated, nothing in the Christian moral tradition hinges on this question.

Pride, anger, greed, judgmentalism, and gluttony, for example, are condemned all over the place in Scripture (way more than homosexuality), and yet most Christians are content to live in such destructive lifestyles while they point the finger at homosexuals and call down God's curses upon them.

Some of the writers in Homosexuality seem to believe that persuasion and «openness» can transform church and society, while others indicate that homophobia is so entrenched in the present order that nothing short of revolutionary apocalypse will do.

While debate over the understanding of Biblical interpretation lies at the heart of current evangelical discussions concerning women, differences in theological tradition lie at the center of discussions over social ethics, and disagreement over one's approach toward the wider secular culture is surfacing as the focus of controversy regarding homosexuality.

While Biblical hermeneutics provided the key to an understanding of the role of women in the church and family, dialogue between those whose traditions have heard the Word of God differently in other times and places held the key for the discussion of social ethics, and engagement with the full range of cultural activity (from psychotherapy to radical protest, from personal testimony to scientific statement) was the locus for theological evaluation concerning homosexuality.

I've been saying this for a while now, but on the most contentious issues of the culture war, namely homosexuality and same - sex marriage, it is conservative Christians that deserve credit for being the most reasonable and peaceable combatants.

Answer: While the Bible does address homosexuality, it does not explicitly mention gay marriage / same - sex marriage.

He and I would agree that passages that appear to condemn homosexuality are interpreted very conservatively, while other passages that speak to sexual behaviors that many «straight» Christians practice are largely ignored or reinterpreted.

How come homosexuality is still this huge problem in Christian circles while slavery enjoys a 100 % disapproval rate?

Denial worked for a while but eventually I couldn't deny my own homosexuality.

While the decision to part ways dates back to 2009, news that the South Barrington megachurch had cut ties with Exodus, the world's largest ministry addressing homosexuality, did not surface until late June.

regardless of the status of homosexuality as sinful or legitimate, merely thinking it's a sin while still loving, encouraging, etc. does not make a person hateful.

Blackburn, for instance, says that while the document deals with «categories» that used to be taught as «sexual sin,» it is still incongruous to list homosexuality alongside adultery, fornication and masturbation.

One sect calls homosexuality an abomination while the next one in the same denomination is already performing gay marriage.

He contends that laws about keeping kosher, for example, do not apply to Christians, while commandments about homosexuality do.

We will be moving away from our conversations on homosexuality for a while to discuss sexuality more generally, but will perhaps revisit the topic again later in the year with some additional book discussions.

Just weeks before, the Vatican issued a major report condemning the groups that represent most American nuns, saying those organizations had promoted «radical feminism» while neglecting teachings against homosexuality and abortion.

While Barth says homosexuality thus is unnatural and violates the command of the Creator, he hastens to add that the central theme of the gospel is God's overwhelming grace in Jesus Christ.

While People Can Change has never worked with minors and none of us would ever suggest a minor (or anyone) should be forced into anything, it is puzzling to me that you believe in this bizarre caricature of what ministry and healing organizations provide to Christians who struggle with homosexuality.

Do you think Christians can take a Romans 14 approach to homosexuality by withholding judgment from gay Christians who are Side A while simultaneously encouraging Side B Christians by not placing stumbling blocks in their path?

Our bodies were designed to fit together in that way, and the Bible made it clear that while sexuality was a gift from God, using our sexuality in ways that were outside of God's design for it was a sin — whether that meant premarital sex, adultery, or homosexuality.

One sect calls homosexuality an abomination while the next one (over four million members) in the same denomination is already performing gay marriage.

Do yuou see any Christian groups standing outside of the family courts holding signs that say «God hates Divorce» (which is actually in the bible, while God hates Homosexuality is not) or «Divorced People go to Hell».

While I wish I was wrong, Homophobia is still very much a rampant issue and keeping homosexuality off the storylines for a US based TV show is a good call.

One candidate was accused of liking racist groups the English Defence League on Facebook while another allegedly said regular physical exercise could prevent homosexuality.

While Russian officials say the law is meant to protect children and not discriminate against gays, it appears to assume that children can be converted to homosexuality by hearing about it.

They don't have the friends he had who supported him and kept him grounded while his counselor tried tirelessly to dig up the roots of his homosexuality.

Diaz's opposition to LGBTQ rights dates back to his denunciations — while serving on the Civilian Complaint Review Board, the city's police oversight agency — of the 1994 Gay Games in New York, which he warned would lead to a spike in AIDS cases and to greater acceptance of homosexuality.

The paper also ignited social debate: Some speculated that a genetic test for homosexuality would lead to more discrimination, while others attacked the premise that being gay has a biological basis.