Sentences with phrase «same sex desire»

By extension, this exhibition argues for the enabling power of a culture of same sex desire for the development of Thek's much American art.

To deny that Christians can struggle with same sex desires or any other desire is to deny the scriptures.

Not exact matches

Lust and promiscuity are one thing... but being born with an innate desire to be partnered with someone of the same sex is no more sinful than being born with an innate desire to be partnered with someone of the opposite sex.

The same deconstruction also undermines the notion of same - sex desire and same - sex marriage.

Still, it may be worth pondering that in this brave new world, those who uphold the old and much derided «gender binary» — or, to speak more properly, the ancient understanding that there is a real and normative difference between the sexes — will be the ones who can actually see some sort of meaning, however misguided, in things like same - sex desire and gender dysphoria.

Some concession is also made now to the effect that having desire for persons of the same sex may not in itself be sinful.

We also wish warmly to affirm those sisters and brothers, already in membership with orthodox churches, who — while experiencing same - sex desires and feelings — nevertheless battle with the rest of us, in repentance and faith, for a lifestyle that affirms marriage [between a man and woman] and celibacy as the two given norms for sexual expression.

Some persons experience sexual desire and attraction only or primarily to persons of the same sex; whatever they are, they are not heterosexual.

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.

I use «same sex attraction,» «homosexual desire,» «homosexuality,» and related terms interchangeably.

(NB: In this context, «homosexual» means someone with dominantly same - sex desires, while «gay» refers to a person whose self - identity is determined by such desires.)

And it fails to interrogate and thereby complicate same - sex desire in its rush to accept it as part and parcel of God's good creation.

Rather the conference was about the possibility of leading transformed lives, not enslaved to same - sex attractions or any other desires to do what God expressly forbids.

Matthew Lee Anderson is certainly right that «the singleness of Jesus does not put same - sex desires and opposite - sex desires on the same moral plane,» and I am terribly sorry if I seemed to imply otherwise!

Serious anthropological research leaves in no doubt the fact that both opposite - sex and same - sex erotic desires are cross-cultural phenomena.

The singleness of Jesus does not put same - sex desires and opposite - sex desires on the same moral plane.

And it seems that for a small minority of men and women there are persisting but disordered sexual desires for the same sex.

Arguing that «the marriage institution did not develop to deny dignity or to give second class status to anyone,» but rather «to serve purposes that, by their nature, arise from biology,» attorney James J. Bursch described the push to legalize same - sex marriage as the desire to «take an institution that was never intended to be dignity - bestowing, and make it dignity - bestowing.»

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.»

It is commonly accepted that a person will continue to experience desire and even occasionally lapse into same - sex behavior as part of the overall conversion process.

The definitional slicing and dicing, the claim that the instruction means by «maturity» that one is happy being gay, rather than that, as it explicitly says, deep - seated same - sex desire is evidence of an «unfinished adolescence» — it is all evasion and mendacity.

Much has been written about the widely publicized sexual scandals of prominent ex-gays, but in the ex-gay movement it is far more scandalous to abandon Jesus than to yield to same - sex desire.

Those who are sharply critical of the instruction are slicing and dicing definitions of «transitory» and «deep - seated» same - sex desires, and disingenuously claiming to be puzzled by what on earth the instruction can mean by «gay culture.»

Because our post-Freudian world associates all physical attraction and interpersonal affection with genital erotic desire, intimate same - sex friendship and a chaste appreciation for the beauty of one's own sex have become all but impossible to achieve.

On this novel account, same - sex sex acts were wrong not because they spurn the rational - animal purpose of sex — namely the family — but rather because the desire for these actions allegedly arises from a distasteful psychological disorder.

The LGBTQ community can still fight for the rights it desires while conceding that not every person with same - sex attraction is at peace with their sexuality.

The film gave a human face to a social condition, showing a troubled gay husband and father acting out the costs of denying one's own same - sex desires.

As has already been shown, same - sex relations in the first century were not thought to be the expression of an exclusive sexual orientation but were widely understood to be the product of excessive sexual desire wherein the one engaging in same - sex behavior did so out of an excess of lust that could not be satisfied.

Concludes Matthew: «For Paul, same - sex desire did not characterize a small minority of people who were subject to special classification — and condemnation — on that basis.

A same - sex couple is suing a printing company after discovering a box of wedding programs they ordered actually contained Christian flyers which warned about «evil desires».

In light of a few things that happened of late — the Supreme Court's ruling on marriage for same - sex couples, the addition of the word cisgender into the Oxford English Dictionary, the rise of the transgender movement, with Germany leading the way for parents to register their baby as something other than just boy or girl, the increase in stay - at home dads and egalitarian marriages, universities recognizing a third gender, the desire by some to be called they versus he or she, the declaration that 2015 is the year of the gender - neutral baby, it's clear we are moving toward a society that is busting up traditional views of gender and what men and women, husbands and wives, fathers and mothers look and act like.

Of course, for some the desire would be to snag a spouse of the same sex but, again, quibbles.

If you're a SAHM, even part - time, you desire a bit of a break, and moms» night out, for us, is all about being happy - hour break for other moms (regardless of their sex at birth, regardless of their sexual orientation) who want the same sort of break too.

The surrogacy program at our Virginia fertility center enables same sex and male - female couples to have the families they desire.

Much is being made of the national scope of his remarks about same - sex marriage, particularly since Cuomo has been very careful up until now NOT to make remarks that could be parsed to be an expression of his desire to run for higher office in the future.

If you think that might have been due to the state approaching its data limit, consider that the website for Cuomo's equally defunct SAGE Commission (which issued its final report in February 2013) and a page devoted to the governor's desire to see same - sex marriage legalized (which happened in June 2011) remain in working order.

Senator Savino says if the bill comes to the floor, as Cuomo and women's groups desire, it would fail, just as same sex marriage was voted down the first time it came to the floor back in 2009.

Men in steady same - sex relationships where both partners are HIV negative will often forgo condoms out of a desire to preserve intimacy, even if they also have sex outside the relationship.

Similarly, a 2012 study of 160 U.S. and German college students published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology found that those who called themselves heterosexual, despite admitting same - sex desires, were more likely to be hostile toward gay individuals that those who did not report such desires.

Jannini suspects that attitudes toward same - sex desire can be a key to understanding a host of psychological issues, and recommended that researchers focus on how to prevent the development of homophobia.

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.

Homophobes should consider a little self - reflection, suggests a new study finding those individuals who are most hostile toward gays and hold strong anti-gay views may themselves have same - sex desires, albeit undercover ones.

Indeed, according to the study, a massive 79 % of singles who love doing sport also claim to have «a strong desire for sex» whereas just 53 % of singles who don't who don't exercise can say the same.

According to the study, a massive 79 % of singles who love exercising also claim to have «a strong desire for sex» whereas just 53 % of singles who don't who don't exercise can say the same.

This means that they must both feel confident enough to where they will want to have sex and share the same desire for intimacy.

Think that you are human being and there is no same for fulfilled your desire, it is natural phenomena to look for having sex.

We know that people in Canada would love to spice up their sex lives — more than 60 % of them support same sex relationships and have expressed their desire for having a more spontaneous sex life.

Understand that many bi-curious people have the desire to experiment because truly at the core level they are attracted to the same sex.

I am good in bed, it's her hormones, and though I appreciate charity sex, it's not the same when there is no desire.

Bisexual people may feel at odds with their desire to begin a family and struggle with the added question of whether to have children with a same - sex partner and face homophobia in their family unit, or choose a heterosexual relationship to start a family and have to grieve the dream or the desire to have a same - sex partner in their family unit.