Sentences with phrase «over same sex»

We're here today to talk about what we might call a showdown in Alabama over same sex marriage.

In debates over same sex marriage it is sometimes proposed that marriage be completely deinstitutionalised in favour of state recognised civil unions.

There are many gays who are hiding their true feelings due to discrimination over same sex relationships, stopping many gay individuals from ever coming out into the public eye.

Christians get called on their belief mostly because if there is a battle over same sex marriage; or woman's rights or what should or shouldn't be taught in schools... you can be guaranteed a christian has their hands muddied.

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The tension mirrors disputes that have arisen over the refusal by Catholic hospitals and universities to offer contraception in their employee health plans and moves by local governments to stop contracting with religiously affiliated adoption agencies that refuse to place children in households headed by same - sex couples.

Polling conducted after last year's federal elections showed that over 62 % of Australians support legalizing same - sex marriage.

Cabinet ministers have been at odds over policy, including citizenship laws, the national vote on same - sex marriage and competition reform, as well as being left out of the decision loop on a series of «captain's picks» by the prime minister.

Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein has shown little interest in defending anything but capitalism over the years, but in 2012 he participated in a video produced by Human Rights Campaign in favour of same - sex marriage.

A Mississippi religious liberty bill that was signed into law on Tuesday has big technology companies fuming over its potential impact on gays, lesbians, and same - sex couples.

The companies join gay - rights and human rights groups as well as the American Civil Liberties Union in attacking the law over its broad language, which could be used by business owners to use religious objections to deny same - sex couples wedding.

(For instance I'm fairly confident that promiscuity is sinful, especially when it comes from a place of lust, but I'm less convinced that my committed same - sex friends are sinning by expressing their love physically any more than I am sinning when my wife and I express our love physically — even though I think we can be if we are acting out of lust or as a means of asserting power over one another, but that is another story).

What cracked the surface here, then, was the culture war being waged over same - sex marriage — not commitment to theological robustness and the essentials of the faith.

As a matter of prudence, prioritizing the wrongness of same - sex marriage over divorce or contraception (or even masturbation) only serves to reinforce the claim that Christians are motivated by some kind of anti-gay animus when they defend traditional marriage laws.

Those who have followed the debate over same - sex marriage understand very clearly that law and culture ought to work together to promote and preserve families and communities; we should apply the same vigor to strengthening economic policies that make it easier for people not to sin.

We have received thousands of emails from gay and same - sex attracted people all over the world.

Just over a year ago, some friends and I launched livingout.org, telling our stories of being accepted and welcomed, and showing that living biblically as a same - sex orientated Christian is plausible and fulfilling.

I have great admiration for the courage and the indefatigable spirit that George and Ryan Anderson have shown in the fight against abortion and in the protracted battle over «same sex marriage.»

He well articulates the over representation of politically correct themes, which we have become very used to from Hollywood: from the ubiquity of sexual immorality through the positive stereotyping of same - sex attraction and agnosticism, to the negative stereo - typing of Christians.

Over the past few weeks, on Wednesdays, we have been discussing Matthew Vines» book, God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same - Sex Relationships.

Before the election, many evangelical leaders predicted that opposition to Obama over his support for abortion rights, his personal endorsement of same - sex marriage and his vision of government as a force for good would trump reservations evangelicals had about Romney's past social liberalism and his Mormon faith.

According to experts, Trump's executive order would strengthen religious exemptions under federal laws and programs, but it wouldn't have the reach to quell debates over Christian - owned businesses refusing to serve same - sex weddings.

Those of us who believe same - sex marriage to be a moral impossibility now face a very daunting challenge — how to live in a society that is moving so rapidly against our moral worldview, even as the society shared that worldview for over 2,000 years.

Even when Packer walked away from the Diocese of New Westminster in 2002 at his bishop's behest (over disagreements relating to the blessing of same - sex unions), he did not attempt to embody an Anglican «ideal» in a free - church or nondenominational context (much to the disappointment of some of his Reformed friends).

Many of the responses to the Marriage Pledge from both sides of the divide on same - sex marriage have reflected substantial confusion over the distinction between Christian and civil marriage and what the role of the clergy is in the marriage ceremony.

1) Your explanation of homosexuality and same - sex acts has been so «all over the board» as to be indefensible.

I was thinking the same thing when all the hoopla started over same - sex marriage.

Here, just for fun, I will fill in the blanks with things I have heard over the years: «All second marriages are of Satan»; «All blacks are proud and arrogant; otherwise, they would return to being called Negro»; «All bisexuals are promiscuous and unfaithful in marriages»; «Pro-choice people are always turning their backs on God»; «Same sex marriages can never be blessed by God's mercy»....

You need to stop being so vindictive towards others, maybe read a book, go have sex, whatever you need to calm down, then come back and realize that no one is attacking you, im sure people are laughing at this conversation, but not because of what it in but just because its pointless, you bring up the same things OVER and OVER again and then accuse me of having spuratic arguments?

A New York Times story over the weekend chronicled how some individuals and organizations eager to see same - sex marriage legalized have stopped trying to win others to their point of view through reasoned argument and have turned, instead, to emotional epithets as their main rhetorical tool.

Over the course of many phone calls and emails, he shared with me his reflections on what he thought had created his problem of same - sex attractions.

Over the next few weeks, on Wednesdays, we will be discussing Matthew Vines» book, God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same - Sex Relationships.

We should be looking for ways to make our economy more family - friendly rather than getting our knickers in a wad over same - sex spousal relationships if we are really concerned about strengthening the emotional bonds necessary to bind family members together so that the family may once again become the primary building block for a healthy society.

In 2013, the church broke fellowship with the ELCA and the Church of Sweden over the blessing of same - sex marriage and the ordination of pastors in same - sex relationships.

As to when this idea that people weren't actually JUST heterosexual is a little more difficult to point to because same - sex relationships are all over ancient documents but it appears the concept came about circa - 1700s and the actual word homosexual came out a century and a half later.

If one can get past the oft - repeated triumphalism over the ELCA's 2009 decision to bless same - sex relationships, there is a great deal to like in this book.

Second, the primary traditionalist groups fighting the U.S. Episcopal Church over the election of an openly gay bishop and use of same - sex blessings have embraced charismatic worship and a charismatic worldview.

(CNN)- It was inevitable that the debate over same - sex marriage would have a strong religious component.

SEC members voted to remove the doctrinal clause which stated that marriage is a «union of one man and one woman», replacing it with a clause which asserts that clergy who do not wish to preside over same - sex weddings will not be compelled to do so «against their conscience».

Personally I believe that if I was attracted to both men and women and would fall in love with both a man and a woman I would decide to go for a relationship with the woman since I feel it has benefits over a same - sex relationship (if only the possibility to have kids together).

(It also says states don't have to recognize other states» same - sex marriages; there is debate over how today's ruling will affect that part of the law.)

After both Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan pushed for acceptance of same - sex marriage over the weekend, North Carolina became the 30th state to amend its constitution to define marriage as an act between one man and one woman.

Editor: To what extent is the issue of same - sex marriage likely to loom large over those events at the World Meeting of Families?

Tony Campolo lays his cards on the table over Hillary Clinton and same - sex marriage.

Clearly, there exists in the church today the possibility of genuine, reasoned, substantive debate over the rightness of same - sex marriage.

Pinsky also offers brief essays on the theme parks and an insightful account of the Southern Baptist Convention's quarrel with Disney over giving marriage benefits to same - sex employees and holding «Gay Days» at the theme parks.

I wish we could get beyond the arguments over women leaders and same - sex equality and get on with the job of being Christ to people.

The second act of the national debate over same - sex marriage began this week with a focus on religious liberty.

These two starkly opposing views of natural law define the debate over «same - sex marriage.»

Polls show that evangelicals remain among the most opposed to same - sex marriage, but the same polls also show that opposition has diminished over the past two decades.

This spring, Pew found Americans evenly split over whether businesses must serve same - sex couples.