Sentences with phrase «in homosexual relations»

Justice Blackmun responded that the case was not about «a fundamental right to engage in homosexual relations,» as the majority opinion pretended.

Many others had engaged in homosexual relations, which are outlawed in Cuba.

For the premises were firmly in place: Justice Kennedy had said that people in homosexual relations «seek autonomy» for themselves, just as people in heterosexual relations do.

Not exact matches

In 1991, three in four Americans said homosexual relations are always wronIn 1991, three in four Americans said homosexual relations are always wronin four Americans said homosexual relations are always wrong.

In particular, the movement of some LWF churches to break with the Church's historic understanding of Scripture and natural law by blessing same - sex marriages and ordaining homosexual ministers has led to division within the Lutheran World Federation and strained relations with ecumenical partners.

Chudacoff, who throughout his book tends to introduce the theme of homosexuality with hints and surmises rather than data, counters Stott's argument with this: «More recently [actually less recently — in 1985 and 1988] other historians have discovered hints [of homosexual relations].»

In recent years, he has been outspoken in his opposition within the Evangelical Church in Germany to any approval of homosexual relationIn recent years, he has been outspoken in his opposition within the Evangelical Church in Germany to any approval of homosexual relationin his opposition within the Evangelical Church in Germany to any approval of homosexual relationin Germany to any approval of homosexual relations.

What he has to say about sexual relations between single people, be they heterosexual or homosexual, is of a piece with, and in the end but an extension of, what he says about marital relations themselves.

Homosexual relations represented a stage in some young men's lives, after which they would settle down to heterosexual marriage.

The question of the appropriate relation of the church to homosexuals and homosexuality has emerged as one of major importance in the deliberations of denominational bodies.

The answer often seems to be that the happiest solution is for homosexuals to enter into long - term faithful relations in which they satisfy their sexual hungers in the context of growing mutual love and responsibility.

The reason same - sex relations were condemned is because they were not in the context of a loving, long - term relationship (May I ask - do you tell homosexuals that are only in a short - term, sexual relationship that they are sinning, and if so what is their response?)

I think he would be in the same boat as the homosexual couple that continuously practices sexual relations.

In the early chapters, Greenberg develops a typology of homosexual relations.

Transgenerational homosexuality is found in primitive societies where homosexual relations occur between a young male and an older teacher or tribal holy man.

Some of these students would say they most identify with what groups like the Gay Christian Network term «Side A» (they believe homosexual relationships have the same value as heterosexual relations in the sight of God).

They have done everything in their power to make men and women feel guilty about having sex with each other, while the leadership was having homosexual relations behind closed doors.

Let us now turn to inquire whether there may not be in fact principles of theology which illumine the relation between the church and homosexuality in terms other than the proscription of homosexual acts.

Delegate Al Quie, the former governor of Minnesota, had offered a resolution earlier in the day: «Rostered leadership of this church who are homosexual in their self understanding are expected to abstain from homosexual sexual relations and practicing homosexual persons are precluded from rostered leadership in this church.»

Sixty - four per cent regard homosexual relations in private between consenting adults as immoral, but 75 per cent do not want a law against such practices.

In its decision, one of the judges referred to the claim for equal human rights protection as an effort to seek «the validation of homosexual relations, including sodomy, as a protected and fundamental right... rebutting a millennia of moral teaching» and then shockingly went on to liken the protection of sexual orientation in human rights legislation with the «violently aberrant sexual configurations» of mass murderers Jeffrey Dahmer, Paul Bernardo and Clifford OlseIn its decision, one of the judges referred to the claim for equal human rights protection as an effort to seek «the validation of homosexual relations, including sodomy, as a protected and fundamental right... rebutting a millennia of moral teaching» and then shockingly went on to liken the protection of sexual orientation in human rights legislation with the «violently aberrant sexual configurations» of mass murderers Jeffrey Dahmer, Paul Bernardo and Clifford Olsein human rights legislation with the «violently aberrant sexual configurations» of mass murderers Jeffrey Dahmer, Paul Bernardo and Clifford Olsen.

We also practice family law, acting in the interests of minors, couples and their relations, including homosexual relationships.

(3) Do the criminalisation of homosexual activities and the threat of imprisonment in relation thereto, as set out in the Offences against the Person Act 1861 of Sierra Leone (Case C - 199 / 12), the Penal Code Act 1950 of Uganda (Case C - 200 / 12) or the Senegalese Penal Code (Case C - 201 / 12) constitute an act of persecution within the meaning of Article 9 (1)(a), read in conjunction with Article 9 (2)(c) of the Directive?