Sentences with phrase «including homosexual»

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

The problem is that Ludwig was purposefully mysterious, and that those around him looking to bring him down may have made up or exaggerated certain habits of his (including homosexual tendencies and his mental constitution).

Or are you unaware that Sarah Hoyt is a female Latino science fiction writer who has written stories including homosexual romances on the part of protagonists which have led to happy endings?

Utah parents seek criminal penalties against teacher who they say went too far in sex ed class: «The Jordan School District is investigating allegations that a seventh - and eighth - grade health teacher violated the sex education statute by responding to questions from students about topics beyond the core curriculum, including homosexual sex, oral sex and masturbation.»

As for celibacy, if instances of clerical sexual abuse, including homosexual abuse, are as frequent in churches where the clergy can marry» and the evidence is that they are» celibacy would seem to be, at most, marginally related to the problems that produced the scandals.

The first, he says, is the fact that «the Christian story promises the forgiveness of sins — including homosexual acts — to anyone who will receive it through Jesus» death and resurrection.»

Every sin (including homosexual, heterosexual and such like) is a product of personal choices.

Father Reese writes on Newsweek «s On Faith blog, «The Catholic hierarchy does not support ecclesial or state - sponsored homosexual marriage and still argues that sex outside of marriage, including homosexual activity, is sinful.»

There is a sexual ethic and design in scripture which does not include homosexual behavior.

``... very strong politically correct and left - wing revisionist history attitude or tone that's also Anti-American (especially a vague charge against «U.S. foreign policy»), and strong anti-capitalist elements... blasphemy, implied urinating, vomiting, scatological humor, and comments on breast feeding and sexual parts of people's bodies; light brief violence includes beating on car window and trying to damage car, man comically shoves people off a stage, man burns books; sexual content includes homosexual references, implied adultery with a pregnancy out of wedlock, talk about a priest raping boy in the past, a giant condom balloon placed on church steeple, references to real condoms, implied fornication; upper male nudity, man wears a dress; alcohol use and drunkenness; smoking and marijuana use depicted, including eating marijuana brownies; and, strong miscellaneous immorality includes lying, stealing, revenge, rebellion, dysfunctional family portrayed, father is a pothead and a drinker and lives in a trailer»

It is through this wisdom that motivates believers to share the good news that Jesus Christ came to save sinners, including homosexuals from their sin if only they apply the finished work of Jesus Christ to their lives.

Rather, we are to share the love of God and the forgiveness of sins that is available to all, including homosexuals, through Jesus Christ.

«Whoever comes to this rally will be there because they support the growing movement in New York to protect marriage and to oppose proposals to redefine the definition of marriage to include homosexual marriage,» Diaz said.

He invested in the health care system, banned junk food in schools, prohibited smoking just about anywhere (including private cars if children under 15 are in them), removed taxes on bikes, brought in free immunizations, protected boreal forests, instituted wine and liquor bottle deposit returns, changed the definition of marriage to include homosexual couples.

Unless «sexual intercourse» is redefined to include homosexual intercourse, which of course begs the question, the holding is a non-sequitur.

I personally haven't heard any widespread reports of TWU grads running amok causing problems for anyone including homosexuals.

Not exact matches

At the three - week meeting in 2014, one of the bishops» working documents sparked a media firestorm when it included a section called «Welcoming homosexual persons.»

This would mean repealing anti-sodomy laws, permitting homosexuals to serve in the military on the same terms as heterosexuals, including lessons about homosexuality in public school sex - education programs, and legalizing homosexual marriage and divorce.

The other book (Who Walk Alone, by Margaret Evening, 1974) speaks of the gifts, sensitivity and loving natures characterizing many homosexual persons and includes this statement:

Two somewhat bolder views on the continuum include one of «cautious accommodation» suggested by Fuller Theological Seminary ethics professor Lewis Smedes (in Sex for Christians [Eerdmans, 1976]-RRB-, who speaks of options for the Christian homosexual.

Every human being is on the same level... homosexuals and heterosexuals and all others... including those with syndromes or diseases or malformed... We're all on equal footing in our fallen state.

No authentic pastoral programme will include organisations in which homosexual persons associate with each other without clearly stating that homosexual activity is immoral... All support should be withdrawn from any organisations which seek to undermine the teaching of the Church, which are ambiguous about it, or which neglect it entirely.

Every person is heterosexual, including those who engage in homosexual behavior.

Doesn't the NT verses we have talked about - no matter how few, since when does the number matter - indicate that homosexual acts are included in those lifestyle choices that God does not want us to make.

But, I just wonder when you speak of those marginalized, do you include unborn children, who have far less of a voice in politics than do the homosexual community?

Throughout the ancient nations that included Egypt, Babylon, Assyria and Persia; homosexuals were exalted to such positions as eunuchs that watched the women of the harem.

Kendall, the author of more than 40 books including Is God for the homosexual?

Later students of the subject, including Kinsey's successors, are now inclined to include most of the men ranked at five and some of those at four in the blanket category «homosexual,» which of course considerably raises the predominantly homosexual proportion of the male population.

In another article of mine that is being published this week, I speak of my resistance to all categorizing of human beings, including the use of sexual categories such as homosexual, heterosexual, and bisexual.

Speakers at the event included (in addition to Davidson, Williams, and me) Andrew Comiskey (Executive Director and Founder of Desert Stream / Living Waters), Dr. Christopher Rosik (former president of NARTH), Floyd Godfrey (a licensed professional counselor in Arizona and author, who has come out of the homosexual life), Dr. Peter May (a general practitioner of medicine for over thirty years), and Martin Davie (a Tutor in Christian Doctrine at Wycliffe Hall at Oxford University who has written an important response to the Pilling Report).

Moreover, the radical separation of the procreative and unitive aspects of intercourse, and its widespread acceptance in the community has provided, in turn, the moral justification for masturbation and for homosexual acts, including sodomy.

Byrnes complains that, once I had moved us from the playing field of heterosexual vs. homosexual to that of marital vs. nonmarital (where being marital includes being procreative in kind), I did not play the game through to the end and give a larger argument attacking nonmarital sex.

• What would happen if the pastor said in a sermon that love to neighbor includes loving homosexuals?

The second greatest commandment, you shall love your neighbor as yourself, certainly applies to those who are out of the mainstream, homosexuals included.

Happily, today those who are not blinded by uncriticized religious prejudice (including misuse of certain biblical passages) or conventional ideas of proper sexual behavior (as if morals were a matter of counting noses or following some social pattern without question) are ready to accept the fact of the homosexual orientation, and many religious groups are now prepared to adopt this positive attitude.

The meaning of scripture can be twisted to serve the purposes of men so we must do everything that we can to ensure that the «Good Words» that are taught are the actual words of Yehoshua rather than the selected words of Paul and the Old Testament that form the basis of discrimination against women, racial minorities, homosexuals, and «different» religions (including atheism).

In summary, the DOD homosexual exclusion policy is designed to preserve, promote, and protect legitimate military interests, which include the personal privacy rights of service members.

A conservative pundit criticizes the statement because it also affirms that «the Catholic Church teaches emphatically that individuals and society must respect the basic human dignity of all persons, including those with a homosexual orientation.»

A brief list includes his calculated stealing of his college roommate's girlfriend (his eventual wife, Macel); an investigation into his enterprises by the Securities and Exchange Commission in the 1970s; the founding (and eventual disbanding) of the Moral Majority and the hubris such a title implied; his suing of pornographer Larry Flynt; his somewhat hostile takeover of Jim and Tammy Bakker's PTL enterprises at the height of the televangelism scandals; his visible support for «The Clinton Chronicles,» an irresponsible, rumor - mongering pseudo-documentary; and his attack on Tinky - Winky the Teletubby as a closet homosexual.

This raises the conventional litany of dissent, including items such as the ordination of women and the moral acceptance of homosexual acts.

If Vatican documents included some mention of these «problems» in future discussions of homosexuality, they would be guaranteed a fairer and more respectful hearing than such pronouncements presently receive from the secular homosexual community and increasingly from the gay and lesbian Catholic community as well.

Register Rachel for Vacation Bible School and then hand the couple Marantha Bible's statement of faith, including the part on human sexuality where homosexual behavior is condemned.

«Creative broadcasting scheduling» in October accounted for the higher - than - usual response (the topics included the killing of homosexual student Matthew Shepard, Y2K, and Frank Peretti).

The stance of conditional acceptance is that all rights should be accorded homosexuals, including ordination, but they draw the line with public displays of gay affection and they would not be happy with a gay spouse in the vicarage.

French law already has the resources to address the needs of existing recomposed families, including «families» led by homosexual «parents.»

Pro-gay authors refer to the heathen rituals of the Canaanites - rituals including both homosexual and heterosexual prostitution - as reasons God prohibited homosexuality among His people.

The study also discards all double standards of sexual ethics that judge women differently from men, single persons (including celibates) differently from married persons, and homosexuals differently from heterosexuals.

But, to be fair, there was actually some good, much - needed stuff in that bill, including expanding the definition of rape to include anal sex and a lowering of the age of consent for homosexual sex from 21 to 18.

Despite strong pressure for Uganda to respect gay rights from western policy makers, including the UK foreign secretary, William Hague, the bill passed by parliament on 20 December 2013 stipulated life in prison for those found guilty of homosexual acts.

He personally edited out another line, although it was included in the prepared remarks provided to reporters, that there is «nothing to be proud of in being a dysfunctional homosexual.»