Sentences with phrase «outside heterosexual»

TWU considers that sexual intimacy outside heterosexual marriage falls into this category of actions permitted under Canadian law but inconsistent with their biblical view of sexuality.

You don't have to agree with their views, but from my reading of the covenant, TWU appears to be sincere in its convictions and is not setting out to oppress gay people, but ultimately the bible says what it says — that any sex outside heterosexual marriage is sinful behaviour.

TWU requires students, staff, and faculty to sign a community covenant that prohibits sexual expression outside a heterosexual marriage relationship.

The covenant prohibits all sexual expression outside a heterosexual marriage relationship and violates women's reproductive rights by banning abortion.

OTTAWA — Tomorrow, West Coast LEAF is at the Supreme Court of Canada to support the Law Society of British Columbia's (LSBC) decision to deny accreditation to a proposed law school at Trinity Western University (TWU), an evangelical Christian university located in British Columbia, which requires its students and employees to sign a Community Covenant prohibiting abortion and sex outside heterosexual marriage.

TWU requires students and faculty to sign a community covenant which prohibits sexual expression outside a heterosexual marriage relationship.

Not exact matches

In the future, fewer people will marry, more people who marry will divorce, more people who many will do so later in life, more people will cohabit, fewer people will have children, more people who have children will do so outside of marriage and more people will want to form informal unions of various kinds and experiment with reproductive technologies outside of either marriage or heterosexual unions.

Speaking as a Barrister and Christian I can honestly say the worst evil I have ever seen outside war zones was that committed in the heterosexual family unit — incest, child abuse, spousal abuse (mental and physical) and drug use.

To clarify, the Bible does not condemn Homosexuals, it condemns Homosexual Activity, in the exact same way it condemns Heterosexual activity, that is sexual actuivity outside the bounds of marriage.

I also know that due to the statistics, homosexual relationships (and in fact, heterosexual relationships outside of sacramental marriage) are rarely committed.

Both are considered fornication if engaged in outside of marriage (I have heard that this idea of not distinguishing between heterosexual and homosexual was a common perspective prior to the 20th century.

We need of course to remember that though any sex outside of heterosexual marriage is gravely wrong you must have full knowledge and free consent in order for this to become a mortal sin.

«Faggot» has been replaced by the remark «that's so gay» to disparage people, things, or ideas that fall outside what is considered the heterosexual «norm.»

Some of these differences include: the ability to search from a deep pool of potential partners outside of one's existing social networks; the ability to communicate online or via email prior to arranging for a face - to - face interaction; and matching algorithms that allow users to filter potential partners based on pre-existing criteria.3 Other research has indicated that the efficiency of online dating and the size of the potential dating pool compared with traditional methods make the process especially useful for people (such as gays and lesbians, or middle aged heterosexuals) who may have limited options for meeting people within their immediate geographic area or social circle.4 Still others have speculated that the rise of online dating has encouraged young adults, especially men, to forego marriage because they can always find women to date and that lowers their interest in committing to long term relationships.5

What red - blooded, heterosexual male outside the Governors mansion in New Jersey hasn

Who has a life, talents and accomplishments outside of her relationship to a heterosexual male!

Women are supposed to care for things, while men — whose manliness is guaranteed by being outside, busy, working — involve themselves at the risk of revealing the vulnerability of their heterosexual masculinity.

The wilderness, associated with masculinity since the early nineteenth century, provides a backdrop to Bronson's cast of characters that live outside of heterosexual suburban life.

Trinity Western requires its student to sign a «Covenant» which, among other things, seeks to prevent them from having sex outside marriage, and defines marriage as strictly heterosexual.

The school requires students and employees to sign a Community Covenant prohibiting abortion and sex outside of heterosexual marriage before admission and hiring.

No doubt you are also familiar with their position statement on sexuality: «The Salvation Army believes that God's will for the expression of sexual intimacy is revealed in the Bible, and that living fully in accordance with biblical standards calls for chastity outside of heterosexual marriage and faithfulness within it.»

A consensual monogamous heterosexual union, in intention lifelong, between parties outside Levitical degrees of kindred and affinity, was Christianity's legacy, through the medieval canon law, to the law of England.

She played an instrumental role in Nova Scotia (and across Canada) in the last few years advocating against the accreditation of the law school at Trinity Western University, where students will be required to sign a document promising not to engage in sexual relations outside of a heterosexual marriage.

That's why we've been involved at every stage of the case about the proposed law school at TWU, an evangelical Christian institution that requires its students and employees to sign a Community Covenant prohibiting abortion and sex outside of heterosexual marriage.

TWU requires incoming students to sign a Community Covenant, which outlines the University's values and mores, including a prohibition on sexual expression outside of heterosexual marriage.

It does prohibit them (and, for that matter, heterosexuals) from engaging in practices that are inconsistent with the religious nature of TWU (notably having sex outside of what TWU considers to be the Christian construct of marriage).

TWU has been making headlines over a controversial Community Covenant Agreement prohibiting sexual intimacy outside of heterosexual marriage.

However, it also wants its law students to abide by a Christian code of conduct that prohibits sexual activity outside the confines of a heterosexual marriage.

While same - sex / LGBT couples have many of the same challenges as heterosexual couples, they also face additional outside pressures due to homophobia that create conflict within the relationship.