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10:57, 17 October 2006 {{overview | text=Few issues cause as much division in today's [[church]] as issues related to sex outside of marriage and [[homosexual]] relationships. Conservative Christians state that the [[Bible]] clearly states that God shows us that the only right place for a sexual relationship is in a [[marriage]] between a man and a woman, and that outside of this, it is a [[sin]] against [[God]]. Some [[liberal Christian]]s argue that sex outside a marriage, including homosexual relationships are not wrong if they are between two loving partners. In the developed world, especially North-Western [[Europe]] and [[North America]], some church [[denominations]] have embranced the liberal viewpoint often causing large splits in congregations.}}
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* [[Marriage]]
* [[Homosexuality]]
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** [[United States and Canadian Anglican dioceses asked to split from the world-wide Anglican communion over the issue of homosexual unions and priests]]
** [[Connecticut becomes third U.S. state to allow same-sex civil unions (October 3, 2005)]]
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* [[Homosexuality and Christian liberty: Question and Answer (justforcatholics.org)]]
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