Her other books had used crime as a sublimation
of homosexual desire in her characters.»
Crystal Bridges founding curator Chris Crosman's description of the painting is not coy about its homoerotic allure: the painting, he writes, «reveals Hartley's full - blown embrace
of homosexual desires that up to this point had remained hidden in stylized imagery, encoded in mystical symbols, or subsumed in representations of nature's heaving rhythms.»
Not exact matches
He describes the pain and embarrassment he experienced in his struggles to come to terms with his homosexuality; his determination, once his
desires became undeniable, to remain celibate in accordance with his faith; the explosive mix
of joy and confusion he experienced when he had his first
homosexual experience at age twenty - three.
She had apparently got to the point where she honestly did not know that a child is the natural fruit
of a union between a man and a woman: in her understanding «sex» is something done for pleasure, according to one's
desires, whether lesbian or
homosexual or whatever, and procreation an entirely different matter connected with options presented at various times, possibly involving in - vitro fertilization and test - tubes.
David Oliphant, an archdeacon in the Anglican diocese
of Canberra and Goulburn, has perceptively remarked that those who condemn
homosexuals have very little appreciation
of what goes on within the youth who comes to feel the pain and pleasure
of sexual feelings and
desire for comfort from someone
of their own sex.
And so his book is intended primarily for Christians who are «already convinced that their discipleship to Jesus necessarily commits them to the demanding, costly obedience
of choosing not to nurture their
homosexual desires,» but also to the Church at large as it seeks to make a place for those Christians.
This becomes thornier yet for those who discern in themselves a «
homosexual orientation,» as they adopt an identity distinguished essentially by a set
of genital sexual
desires that can not morally be fulfilled.
Though I am encouraged that Hill sees potential hazards in the use
of terms like «gay Christian» and «
homosexual Christian,» he, along with Gonnerman and Tushnet, may not sufficiently recognize the problems with describing or defining a person in terms
of his or her affective
desire for the same sex (whether that
desire is relational, romantic, or sexual), in place
of the clear definition
of our sexual identity revealed to us by Scripture and the Church.
Instead
of sticking to one term, such as «
homosexual Christian,» I also refer to myself as a «gay Christian» or «Christian who experiences
homosexual desires.»
No person born again
of the Spirit
of God goes around fulfilling every
desire or thought that comes into their mind and hearts — the Word
of God and the Spirit
of God have been given to enable us put the flesh to death — Paul would never write to approve
homosexual sins.
At the same time, there are expressions
of sympathy for priests who are acting out their
homosexual desires and accounts
of gays who claim to have had affairs with priests.
Rejecting the recommendation
of a task - force study that such ordination be allowed, the assembly voted instead that only repentant
homosexuals who choose celibacy or seek a reorientation
of their sexual
desires should be considered as qualified candidates for ministry.
I agree with what you have written from the biblical perspective and would like to take it further in the sense that that we are all sinners whether fornicators liars
homosexuals the difference is that if we decide to follow Jesus we not only repent
of our sin but we turn away from continuing to sin Remenber the woman caught in adultery Jesus said go and sin no more that applys to all
of us that have accepted Jesus.But unless we die to our
desires we cant live for him.brentnz
It can provide guidance for both heterosexual and
homosexual Christians in choosing faithful expressions
of sexual
desire.
What she does in Straight to Jesus is to add necessary dimensions to our understanding
of those struggling with
homosexual desire in the context
of Christian discipleship.
«Perhaps one
of the main challenges
of living faithfully before God as a gay Christian is to believe, really believe, that God in Christ can make up for our sacrifice
of homosexual partnership not simply with his own
desire and yearning for us but with his
desire and yearning mediated to us through the human faces and arms
of those who are our fellow believers.»
I believe that when Bishop Niederauer and many others caution against thinking
of homosexual orientation as the cause
of sexual abuse, they are asserting that we, and the Vatican, would do better to focus less on the content
of a person's sexual fantasies and more on his or her ability to control his or her sexual
desires.
Sprigg, from the Family Research Council, says his condemnation
of homosexual conduct does not spring from intolerance but a
desire to protect gays from harmful conduct, he says.
Those participants who reported their heterosexuality despite having hidden same - sex
desires were also the most likely to show hostility toward gay individuals, including self - reported anti-gay attitudes, endorsement
of anti-gay policies and discrimination such as supporting harsher punishments for
homosexuals.
Like Hittman's filmmaking to some degree, the young actor manages to convey a lot about Frankie's anguished inner life through purely physical means: the tense way he carries himself around his male friends, as if afraid he'll betray hints
of his inner
homosexual desires, or the soft - spoken line readings which tremble with inarticulate internal tensions.
Walter Pfeiffer (b. 1946, Zurich, Switzerland) is a photographer whose subjects have included the non-conventional representation
of the male body and
of his sexuality, with a focus on
homosexual desire and imagery.
They barely made it to the Abstract Expressionists, many
of whom were
homosexual and coded their work with complex references to
desire for each other, before the clock ticked toward question - and - answer time.