The fact is, if there is sex
involved in a gay relationship: sin ----------- If sex is involved in a non-married heterolsexual relationship: sin.
to people
involved in a gay relationship, it feels the same as me sleeping with my wife.
Not exact matches
We can, however, judge a person as not being
in communion with the Church when they are publicly advocating abortions or
involved in an continuing openly
gay relationship.
Of course, they're ignoring the fact that an alcoholic is destroying themselves and hurting those around them by being addicted to alcohol and that a
gay person is doing neither (remember we're talking about those
involved in or seeking out loving, committed, monogamous
relationships... not promiscuous behavior which can be physically and emotionally damaging).
You're a bigot if you think that being
gay is a sin AND you have to coerce people into not being
gay by punishing it... such as by putting legal restrictions on
relationships that
gay individuals are
involved in.
Whatever legal and public policy solutions are reached
in the coming years, Christians need to find a social, political and religious way to secure the well - being of women and children,
involve fathers
in the lives of their children, and support
gays and lesbians who want to establish committed
relationships and receive the benefits and blessings that go with this commitment.
In the pending court case for overturning California's Proposition 8, which banned «gay marriage,» two leading conservative legal scholars face off: Charles J. Cooper, taking the classical conservative line that organic social institutions such as marriage have an inherent value and can not be redefined by legal fiat, and Theodore Olson, taking the more libertarian line that government should simply regulate contractual relationships between individuals and not become involved in private matter
In the pending court case for overturning California's Proposition 8, which banned «
gay marriage,» two leading conservative legal scholars face off: Charles J. Cooper, taking the classical conservative line that organic social institutions such as marriage have an inherent value and can not be redefined by legal fiat, and Theodore Olson, taking the more libertarian line that government should simply regulate contractual
relationships between individuals and not become
involved in private matter
in private matters.
You said, «As for
gay marriage, my belief is that government should not be
involved in personal
relationships, neither condoning, nor sanctioning, nor recognizing, nor prohibiting them.»
In many ways,
relationships between women and
gay men are the only ones where we can experience true intimacy without
involving sex.
With the growing numbers of
gay fathers
in our society, research suggests that they are likely to divide the work
involved in child care relatively evenly and that they are happy with their couple
relationships, and that
gay men make perfectly fit parents.