Sentences with phrase «on homosexual acts»

By so cavalierly dismissing as unjust the traditional Jewish ban on homosexual acts» a ban undisputed throughout the whole history of Jewish law» he shows that this whole tradition is not normative for him, but only the source of selective guidance or misguidance.

Not exact matches

The question is whether those who would condemn homosexual acts should be able to force their views of Scripture on those who disagree any more than those who affirm gay relationships should be able to force their view of Scripture on those opposed.

Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of York have released a joint statement on the 50th Anniversary the law which decriminalised homosexual acts in the UK.

So when scripture condemns homosexuality, it is condemning the action, and if you are not acting on it, you are not homosexual.

The most negative statement by Paul regarding same - sex acts occurs in Romans 1:24 - 27 where, in the context of a larger argument on the need of all people for the gospel of Jesus Christ, certain homosexual behavior is given as an example of the «uncleanness» of idolatrous Gentiles.

And patting homosexuals on the back acting like nothing is wrong is disingenuous.

As for acting out of personal arrogance, the mistreatment, even abuse, of those on the fringes of society is what I was saying leads me to question the treatment of homosexual people.

During the great battles on the legalization of divorce and homosexual acts, the notable campaigners then were really distinguished public figures, for example: Bruce Arnold, mentioned above, Prof. Richard Humphries of the University College Dublin School of Law, historian Prof. John A. Murphy mentioned above, of University College Cork, the journalist Kevin Myers, the literary critic Prof. David Norris of Trinity College Dublin, former Reid Professor of Laws at Trinity College Dublin, later President of the Republic, Mary Robinson.

The point is that, as heterosexual men are attracted to young women, homosexual men are attracted to young men, and homosexual priests have more opportunities to act on their attractions.

Sullivan has written elsewhere and at length on his disagreement with the Christian tradition, and Catholic teaching in particular, with respect to the licitness of homosexual acts, and is perhaps today's foremost proponent of same - sex «marriage.»

On Christian ethical grounds, I would recommend that all laws making criminal offenses of acts between consenting homosexual adults be repealed and that there be no blanket job discrimination against homosexual persons of either sex; further, I contend that exclusion of homosexual persons from churches (unless they are pushed out for a reason that would apply to heterosexuals in identical fashion) is untenable.

In the first report by Alfred C. Kinsey and his colleagues on male sexual behavior in the U.S., one of the items that provided maximum shock value was the «cumulative incidence» figure of 37 per cent for homosexual acts.

That teaching is supported by a few flimsy sentences on why the Church rejects homosexual genital acts before the programme equivocates on the seriousness of the issue.

Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, tradition has always declared that «homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered.»

Thibault agrees with the message, and feels that gay people who act on their homosexual urges should not be eligible for all of the sacraments of the Catholic church.

But if that's so, he notes, then it should govern the way Christians think about same - sex sexual activity as well, and thus he concludes: «When those with homosexual orientation act on their desires in a loving, committed relationship, [they] are not, as far as I can see, violating the love command.»

Now I stand firm on this conviction that yes... an homosexual man or women can come to faith and be saved by Jesus Christ and have their sins forgiven through the blood of Jesus Christ but through the sanctification of the Holy Spirit they would not carry on committing the act of homosexuality because they would be «convicted» — now where there is no conviction of sin then where is the fruit of the Holy Spirit in that man or women?

He treats in a similarly dismissive manner the Church's teaching on contraception, the morally disordered nature of homosexual acts, and other matters of great moment.

The blurbs on the back cover of this book create in the potential reader an expectation of something new» a creative, original approach to the morality of homosexual acts, not just a rehashing of standard....

«Among the many errors and ambiguities of this book,» concludes the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, «are its positions on masturbation, homosexual acts, homosexual unions, the indissolubility of marriage and the problem of divorce and remarriage.»

Reports that the South African Parliament has approved gay marriage, and that the U.S. Catholic bishops have reiterated Church teaching on the disordered nature of homosexual acts, once again recall the line about the real reason for the culture wars: «It's the sex, stupid.»

Even private persons who believe strongly that homosexual conduct is immoral or prohibited by religion were forbidden to act on those beliefs.

Dr. Fleming's description «that [Church] teaching is supported by a few flimsy sentences on why the Church rejects homosexual genital acts before the programme equivocates on the seriousness of the issue» is unmerited.

The resultant Wolfenden Report published in 1957 concluded that criminalisation of homosexuality was an impingement on civil liberty and that homosexual acts between consenting adults in private should not be an offence.

Yet Whitehall persists in pretending they are autonomous — even though London has overridden them before, on the abolition of capital punishment, say, or the decriminalising of homosexual acts.

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 said each agency must act in the interests of the individual child, but stressed: «If we take the view as a society that we should not discriminate against people who are homosexual, you can not give exclusions for people on the grounds that their religion or their race says we don't agree with that.»

In this week's News & Analysis section, Michael Balter reported on legislation signed into law in Uganda last week that makes homosexual acts punishable by up to 14 years in prison; homosexual acts involving minors could draw a lifetime sentence.

The legislation, signed into law on 24 February by Uganda President Yoweri Museveni, mandates prison terms of up to 14 years for homosexual acts and life imprisonment for «aggravated homosexuality,» such as sexual acts with a minor.

The same movie that features a serious argument between a man and his wife about their past infidelities is the same one that says, at the end, Fred and Greg, becoming homosexuals together and going on to become famous on the Vegas strip with a Siegfried and Roy - type act.

When the narrative eventually folds back on this pronouncement, it transpires that he is speaking to the by - the - book Manchester police detective Nock (Rory Kinnear), whose investigation of a burglary at Turing's home has led to the mathematician being charged with «gross indecency,» a euphemism for homosexual acts that were punishable by imprisonment until the relevant 1885 law was repealed in 1967.

In that case, where the defendants had been convicted on two counts of conspiracy to corrupt public morals and conspiracy to outrage public decency in respect of the publication of a magazine which contained advertisements inviting readers to engage in homosexual acts, the House of Lords was split about whether a common law offence of conspiracy to outrage public decency existed.

Engagement in «sexual acts», prohibited or not, is not the determinative factor in the identification of an individual's difference by that individual, or by the potential persecutor, and therefore this lack of recognition of the rights of gay and lesbian minors, which is also excluded by the prohibition on «homosexual acts», is of a fundamental importance to this exceptionally vulnerable group, based both on age and sexual or gender identity.

This conclusion is further supported by... the witnesses» evidence, found, inter alia, that «One of the effects of criminal sanctions against homosexual acts is to reinforce the misapprehension and general prejudice of the public and increase the anxiety and guilt feelings of homosexuals leading, on occasions, to depression and the serious consequences which can follow from that unfortunate disease.»

Those acts prohibited by the criminal law of the Member State, focusing on «homosexual acts» made it clear that this provision in Article 10 (1)(d) was not drafted with respect to the protection needs of children, who are subject to abuse by paedophiles, where paedophilia is not a sexual identity, or orientation.

Having held that there are no limits to the membership of a group based on sexual orientation based on behaviour, or identity (para. 68), the Court then focuses on «prohibited homosexual acts» (para. 76), excluded by Article 10 (1)(d).

On October 2nd, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered a plaintiff in a harassment suit to preserve six pornographic images portraying homosexual acts and allow one of the defendant's lawyers to inspect the images.