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topic_name = Sexuality and Christianity |
subtopics = [[Marriage]]
* [[Homosexuality]]
* {{news}}
** [[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)]] |
opinion_pieces = {{short_opinions}}
* [[Homosexuality and Christian liberty: Question and Answer (justforcatholics.org)]]
* [[Christianity and Homosexuality (Pilhet)]] |
}}
Few issues cause as much division in today's [[church]] as issues related to sex outside of marriage and [[homosexual]] relationships. Though nothing appears to be as divisive, gender issues are actually just a litmus test of the deeper issue: Biblical Authority. Conservative Christians argue 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 deem that sex outside a marriage, including homosexual relationships are not wrong if they are between two loving partners. They argue that a 'trajectory' is outlined in Scripture, revealing God's ever expanding love and encompassing of what was once forbidden.
In the developed world, especially North-Western [[Europe]] and [[North America]], some church [[denominations]] have embraced the liberal viewpoint often causing large splits in congregations. One of the major developments in recent years has been in the [[Episcopal Church of the USA]], in which an openly practicing homosexual man, [[Gene Robinson]] was ordained as a bishop. This has caused enormous divide within the [[Anglican Communion]] and resulted in 2008 in a conference ([[GAFCON]]) being called to rival the once in a decade [[Lambeth Conference]]. This may be leading to a schism.
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==Links==
*[http://peacebyjesus.witnesstoday.org/Homosex_versus_the_Bible.html Homosexual relations and the Bible]
{{returnto}} [[Christianity]] -> [[Current issues]]
[[Category:Christian doctrine and debates]]