These included lorry drivers, migrant workers living in hostels, social workers and high - school students, as
well as homosexual and bisexual men, prostitutes and street kids — groups that are hard to reach with information.
Heterosexual men, as
well as homosexual men and women, became aroused while viewing attractive members of their preferred sex engaged in nonsexual activities, such as walking on a beach.
And this is true for all couples, heterosexual as
well as homosexual, whether the couples are married or not.
At New York University, a Center for Gender and Sexuality Studies is being formed to study women and men as
well as homosexuals, bisexuals, and transsexuals» so called «queer studies,» which have experienced a burst of growth in the last few years.
Not exact matches
So terms like a
homosexual lifestyle and
homosexual activity are easily painted
as bad or
good, with no points in between.
He asserts that «
homosexual relationships, even in their current, somewhat eclectic form, may contain features that could nourish the broader society
as well.»
In order for things to change, pastors and Christian leaders who believe that acceptance, fidelity, and monogamy are a
better alternative to shame and promiscuity have got to speak up and speak out against the teaching that states * all *
homosexual expression is sinful... and proclaim that message
as misinformed, damaging to God's children, and unchristian.
I'll wager that if he looks around Floyd County, Virginia, he'll find about
as many
homosexuals relative to the overall population
as here in Cook County, Illinois, though the former are certainly obliged to hide it much
better.
Maybe a few are struggling not to indulge in
homosexual activities, and these could be possibly christians
as well.
Note
well that the
homosexual person, in living chastely, is in a most noble way doing something profoundly positive: by not misusing his sexuality he is respectfully acknowledging that ultimately our generative faculties are not ours to use
as we please; the sacred interplay is God's territory wherein we participate, not over which we arbitrate.
I have a hunch that this type of book is quite rare, because its subject matter is homosexuality and the struggle involved in «being gay»
as well as embracing orthodox Christianity's teaching on the
homosexual orientation.
Such matters might
best be handled by someone who can speak from personal experience of a chaste
homosexual life e.g.
as one might hope, a priest.
Among other things, the Italian Dominican calls for a revolution in the Church's pastoral practice among the divorced and civilly remarried
as well as sexually active
homosexual persons.
Treating
homosexual activity
as a private matter (and some people now treat group sexual activity this way
as well) shapes our society's mores.
since God made
homosexuals, and all these heterosexuals keep producing gay kids and we have evidence of homosexuality occurring in another animals
as well as neuroscience and social sciences since 1963 stating that being gay isn't a disease but a natural orientation and since the writers of the bible would have no clue that it could be an orientation (just
as they could have no idea that the world isn't flat, not up on pillars, nor is it surrounded by water, nor was the earth created from a leviathan carcass) thus it is permissible and subject to the same statutes heterosexuals are.
However, the recent letter on pastoral care of
homosexuals (already referred to),
as well as the demand by the Vatican that ethicist Charles Curran retract his position on homosexuality and other sexual moral issues, or relinquish his position
as a Catholic theologian, and its more recent order to me that I give up all ministry to
homosexual persons, have convinced me that I can no longer in conscience remain silent.
Furthermore, while an intact family composed of two parents of the opposite sex and their biological child or children may provide the
best standard family unit in society (and should, therefore, be given support), we would be naive and cruel to dismiss the possibility that differently configured families (e.g., families with single parents or
homosexual parents or adopted children) may produce family situations that are
as good as, or, in some cases,
better than, those of families that fit the standard.
He makes a
good point that he uses the terms «gay» and «
homosexual»
as adjectives, not
as nouns,
as in «gay Christian» or «
homosexual person.»
The differentiation of
homosexual orientation from gender identity (for females
as well as males) has been increasingly recognized, and a highly competent summing up is available in Man and Woman: Boy and Girl, by John Money and Anke A. Ehrhardt (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1972).
Homosexual sex can never be
as fully mutual
as heterosexual vaginal sex at its
best.
The Catholic Church has always condemned
homosexual acts
as «intrinsically evil»,
as well as of course distinguishing clearly between wounded tendencies, sin, and sinner.
Is America now more morally sensitive, more
well structured in its laws and practices insofar
as it accepts publicly avowed
homosexual behavior; constructs laws that protect
homosexuals from the criminal penalties formally attached to
homosexual acts; and allows for civil unions or even gay marriages?
Yes, the
homosexual as well as the heterosexual, who violates God laws can be forgiven.
Each session of therapy, never dealt with the
homosexual thoughts
as niether
good nor bad.
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.»
Let's turn our attention for a moment to the elephant in the living room, or should I say the «alleged» elephant, since Cardinal Dulles refers to «the alleged increase of
homosexual tendencies among younger members in the Society of Jesus
as well as in other religious orders and diocesan seminaries.»
Father Thomas Reese, S.J., who recently resigned
as editor of America, a Jesuit weekly — or was removed, depending on which account one credits (see First Things August / September 2005)-- complains, «The Vatican is making decisions about the appropriateness of ordaining
homosexuals in total ignorance of how many current priests are
homosexuals, how
well they observe celibacy, and how
well they do ministry.»
But to deny,
as the bishop seems to be denying, a causal relationship between
homosexual priests and the sexual abuse scandal is,
well, astonishing.
If Vatican documents included some mention of these «problems» in future discussions of homosexuality, they would be guaranteed a fairer and more respectful hearing than such pronouncements presently receive from the secular
homosexual community and increasingly from the gay and lesbian Catholic community
as well.
If we do not have a Telos, then there could not possibly be a problem with
homosexual acts or same - sex marriage — or with many other things
as well.
She answered: «Very often when we see children identifying
as homosexual, it is not
good for them to live out in a such a lifestyle.
Lol and «attack on
homosexuals»
well there is at least one person who regarded you comment
as homophobic.Whether it was or not, there was an issue of «congenial conversation» or
as some would say, abuse.
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.
While most people indeed have a heterosexual orientation and identify with a single gender that was assigned to them at birth, it has become increasingly clear that this is not the case for everyone, that gender and sexuality might
better be understood
as manifesting themselves along continuums, with male / female, masculine / feminine, heterosexual /
homosexual existing at the poles but with a variety of identities, orientations, and expressions in between.
You know, I disagree with this treatment
as well, however, many universities (especially in Social Work curriculum) are refusing to graduate believers who reject adopting
homosexual behavior and / or choosing to not counsel them (
as a matter of competence).
With full acceptance, for example, all of those gestures and behaviors appropriate to heterosexuals in church gatherings must be affirmed for
homosexuals as well.
The other day I witnessed to a guy at my job (he is
homosexual and really hasn't been presented with the gospel) I stated the freeness of it and he said «
Well then I guess I could just go and sin
as much
as I want and at the end believe» - I said «
Well, you could, but you may not get the chance because your death may not be
as slow or
as predictable
as you assume».
There will be no more prancing around along with all the other gay activities that
homosexuals like to do... More importantly, we
as parents can now sleep a little
better at night just knowing there will be less gays out there wandering the streets trying to molest our children.»
He is
homosexual and undertook this project
as a way to understand why his parents didn't do a
better job of accepting and nurturing his own «identity.»
Thus the principle of cohumanity does enable us to distinguish between
better and worse relationships, but it can not serve to dismiss
homosexual relations
as worse a priori.
Thus I am necessarily concerned by the proposed legalization of
homosexual marriage,
as well as by plans to change our laws so
as to accommodate
homosexual parenting and adoption.
This holds
as well for the new forms of
homosexual parenting.
The other major «Raj» nostalgia of the 1980s was the television serialisation The Jewel in the Crown, in which the villain — Ronald Merrick — was depicted
as a sadistic deviant who happened to come from a lower middle class background, was a grammar school boy and a closet
homosexual as well.
I obviously do not wish to belittle the significance of the deaths of people in the other groups - ethnic Poles, Slovenians,
Homosexuals, left - wing political activists, disabled people, Roma, and arguably also prisoners of war from the USSR (my own grandfather was both a Jew and a soldier in the Red Army); and it's important to mention them
as well.
They think the 998 Presidential staffers is the
best alternative Ghanaians needed, the use of Vigilante groups to terrorise innocent citizens is what they promised us, issuing of bond without following laid down procedure is what we prayed for, entering into negotiations with nations to establish military bases was what we fasted for, allowing the land to be used
as conduit for the propagation of
homosexual practice on the continent was what we prayed to God for, market women consulting other gods to support their dying businesses was what we went on our knees for?
So on the basis of some earlier, shakier research, along with a
good dose of common sense, Bailey and Zucker hypothesized that
homosexuals would show an inverted pattern of sex - typed childhood behaviors — little boys preferring girls
as playmates and becoming infatuated with their mother's makeup kit; little girls strangely enamored of field hockey or professional wrestling — that sort of thing.
Personal ads for
homosexual activity, which was still illegal, were increasing
as well — causing authorities to conduct more investigations into the content in newspapers.
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