Sentences with phrase «not of the same gender»

Some customers also are not comfortable if the agent is not of the same gender — it is a little tricky revealing certain confidential (sometimes embarrassing) facts to them.

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After openly supporting same - sex marriage and striking down the military's «don't ask, don't tell» policy, the President of the United States also hopes to ban workplace discrimination based on employees» sexual orientation and gender identity.

First, you're one of my heroes, and not just because of how much I've learned from your economic analysis over the years, but also because my daughters are growing up in a world where the world's chief economist is the same gender they are.

Have a responsible employee of the same gender explain exactly what is and what is not appropriate.

Because ESG and gender diversity criteria exclude some investments, investors may not be able to take advantage of the same opportunities or market trends as investors that do not use such criteria.

While general impact investing is becoming more mainstream for high net worth individuals and institutions, gender lens investing has not benefitted from the same level of traction in the private equity and venture capital space.

The same is true of gender and minority representation, since the expectations of the day, unfortunate as they were, didn't commonly include the belief held by many today that Parliament should look, think, and care about issues in broadly similar ways to the country at large.

You CAN still reproduce by having relations with memebers of the opposite gender, that is obvious, what you are missing out on is that to ensure that people didn't prefer same gender relationships over the opposite gender relationships, it was made a sin punishable by death to avoid any kind possible population reduction from members of the church.

People back then didn't even think about two people (man and a woman) living together unmarried, let alone two people of the same gender wanting it.

People back then didn't even think about two people living together unmarried, let alone two people of the same gender wanting it.

How gay marriage does fit in to all of this I don't understand.I might understand it if you thought that people are gender based in their capability to love and care.And I would understand if you would think that a married couple should not be of the same sex..

«It's not about same - gender relations — it is about se.xual idolatry and worshipping false gods» ---------- It does refer to certain kinds of idolatry, sure, but you have to remember, all sin is idolatry, therefore when using the word ar.senokoitai, it refers to the idolatry (sinful act) of same gender s.ex.

If a human being has the gender of «male» AND that same human being is not the property of a man / woman / master, then the Bible, in both the OT and the NT, under Law and under Grace, does endorse sexual intercourse outside of marriage.

If a human being has the gender of «female» AND that same human being is the property of a man / woman / master, then the Bible, in both the OT and the NT, under Law and under Grace, endorses / mandates abstaining from sexual intercourse.

What is less clear to me is why complementarians like Keller insist that that 1 Timothy 2:12 is a part of biblical womanhood, but Acts 2 is not; why the presence of twelve male disciples implies restrictions on female leadership, but the presence of the apostle Junia is inconsequential; why the Greco - Roman household codes represent God's ideal familial structure for husbands and wives, but not for slaves and masters; why the apostle Paul's instructions to Timothy about Ephesian women teaching in the church are universally applicable, but his instructions to Corinthian women regarding head coverings are culturally conditioned (even though Paul uses the same line of argumentation — appealing the creation narrative — to support both); why the poetry of Proverbs 31 is often applied prescriptively and other poetry is not; why Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob represent the supremecy of male leadership while Deborah and Huldah and Miriam are mere exceptions to the rule; why «wives submit to your husbands» carries more weight than «submit one to another»; why the laws of the Old Testament are treated as irrelevant in one moment, but important enough to display in public courthouses and schools the next; why a feminist reading of the text represents a capitulation to culture but a reading that turns an ancient Near Eastern text into an apologetic for the post-Industrial Revolution nuclear family is not; why the curse of Genesis 3 has the final word on gender relationships rather than the new creation that began at the resurrection.

You're not even looking at alternative translations or concordances, or even anything about the same - gender sexual practices of ancient Greece / Rome, let alone the epistemologists and cultural anthropologists.

If we disagree with gay marriage, then we ourselves should not marry someone of the same gender.

i think refusing to see another human as an equal is a sin, refusing to acknowledge that children are small versions of adults and have a lot of insight on things is a sin... but loving another of the same gender isn't a sin, it's love.

The clearest association I make, of course, is with the gender equality discussion within evangelicalism — not only because it's an issue near to my heart, but also because we are dealing with many of the same biblical texts.

the real Tom, you posted «Do you two nimrods actually believe that gays can simply decide not to be attracted to people of the same gender?

Then remember, in the first creation of man, it was Adam, and Eve, not of the same kind, or gender, but no one can even begin to judge another if they are of flesh, and blood, other than the Almighty Creator YHWH.

Where Jesus does say something in the Gospels regarding adultery or in other words to not have relations outside of marriage, how is same gender relations be considered an exception to committing adultery since there is no known record of same gender marriage in first century Palestine?

The proponents and supporters of same - gender marriage are not at all clear or consistent on what the new model of marriage is to be based.

Don't marry someone of the same gender.

Don't like people of the same gender married to one another?

Not a very strong faith you have if 2 people of the same gender loving each other can it break down.

As well as a weakening of the natural family, African countries are now facing the pressure of multinational companies and international organisations to introduce legislation for same sex - marriages and gender - oriented laws, which they can not accept.

«We don't consider it a sin to be gay and we don't consider it a sin if you are gay and seek a relationship which is the only natural one you can have which would be someone of the same gender.»

to not identify as gay, to not accept and be okay with the reality of a gay orientation, to try to diminish one's experiences of same - gender attraction» is not bad.

to not identify as gay, to not accept and be okay with the reality of a gay orientation, to try to diminish one's experiences of same - gender attraction.

(I don't mean to say that straight couples do not achieve this in the same measure at times — not all couple, gay or straight so, though — but that it may be somewhat easier for gay couples in the same way it is easier for two people of the same gender to develop a strong friendship, which is the basis of any good relationship.)

If I am condoning sin by accepting my gay and lesbian friends for who they are and not being mortally offended by the fact they love people of the same gender, then I'll ask for forgiveness.

The distinction between persons of a homosexual orientation and people who choose to engage in same - gender sexual acts comes from the growing conviction that for a percentage of every population, homosexuality is a given, a life orientation that they did not choose.

Yet, some biblical scholars point out that this passage can only refer to the homosexual acts of heterosexual persons.7 This is because the writers of the Bible did not distinguish between a homosexual orientation and same - gender sexual acts.

males don't see a problem with their wife / girlfriend having a-n-a-l s - e-x to pleasure them; but view it as sinful and unnatural when two people of the same gender... and yes even lesbians enjoy it; commit the same actions, that makes you a hypocrite.

Leviticus does NOT say that liking someone of the same gender is a sin, it says that the commission of * acts * between two individuals of the same gender is sin (since the Bible only recognizes marriage between one man and one woman, and recognizes s - ex before marriage as a sin).

Also, there have been tons of studies done on ho mo $ exu ality — if it was a choice there would be precursors to that choice leading someone to want to be attracted to the same gender or leading them to actually having attraction for the same gender — yet not one study has ever found any precursor or cause.

It is not talking about gay people who naturally are attracted to people of the same gender.

I could care less if the legal union of a same - gender couple is called marriage... doesn't bother me in the slightest.

Other religions can support the religious ceremony of marriage between a same - gender couple and I will certainly not stand in the way.

We only want the same thing as all of you: to love and care for someone, something that we will NEVER have with a person of the opposite gender... I don't know why people can't understand that simple fact!

Having a predisposition towards someone of the same gender is NOT a sin.

Also, there have been tons of studies done on ho mo $ e xuality — if it was a choice there would be precursors to that choice leading someone to want to be attracted to the same gender or leading them to actually having attraction for the same gender — yet not one study has ever found any precursor or cause.

What's more, unlike the issues of slavery and gender, it does not relate to a person's God - given worth but is a prohibition against a lifestyle that is chosen (even though same - sex attraction is clearly not).

Bisexual activist Robyn Ochs has a commonly used definition saying, «I call myself bisexual because I acknowledge that I have in myself the potential to be attracted — romantically and / or sexually — to people of more than one sex and / or gender, not necessarily at the same time, not necessarily in the same way, and not necessarily to the same degree.»

For ninety - nine percent of the population who have never questioned if they are male or female because their gender identity aligns with their biological sex, I challenge you in the same way Jesus challenged his disciples — try to wrap your brain around the fact that not everyone is wired as you are; you are in the fortunate majority that somehow beat the odds in the crap - shoot of gender identity.

«Gays» is not an inclusive term as it only refers only to people exclusively attracted to the same gender and leaves out those of us attracted to multiple genders.

Topher, as much as your opinion can't be trusted based on the fact that you have made it clear that you believe the buybull is 100 % true, there are some facts based in reality that state very clearly that children can benefit from being the child of a same gender couple... even further making your belief and opinion unworthy of trust.

It's also false to think that all Christians interpret God or the Blible in quite the same way — any basic analysis of the biblical and apocryphal texts would show you that God isn't gendered when, frequently, God is refered to as male.

'' Most people can't imagine being attracted to people of the same gender» It's worse if they are, and about one in ten is.