CCEA Religion- Same Sex Relationships

What is the law on same sex marriage?

a criminal offense until 1967 in Britain / a psychiatric disorder until 1973 / same sex marriage = legal in 2020

Leviticus quote

‘do not lie with man as one lies with a woman’

Genesis quote

‘for this reason a man will leave his father and his mother and be united to his wife’

St Paul quote

‘Neither homosexual offenders nor thieves… will inherit the kingdom of god’

CA on the Old Testament

if christians condemn gay/lesbian people on the basis of scripture, then can they also permit selling their daughters into slavery

CA on the new testament

paul’s references to his homosexuality are ‘directed against expoitative sex with young boys’ (Robin Scorggs)

Presbyterian perspective

‘a man and woman may come together… only basis for marriage’

methodist perspective

'‘we are opposed to all debased forms of sexuality… however, we plead for understanding and tolerance’

2 anglican perspectives

‘homosexual people are in every way as valuable as heterosexual people’ / same sex marriages ‘call into question the authority of holy scripture’

Gene Robinson

Anglican bishop of new hampshire / practising homo of 15+ years

Bowie quote

‘if God creates men and women as homosexuals, then that shows nature and inclination must be good’

Lesbian and Gay Chirstian movement

‘sexuality is a gift from god to be enjoyed by all’

Arcigay

Arcigay have linked Christian teachings to homophobia- in 2021 alone, 83 hate crimes reported

Catholic church quote

‘homosexual persons are called to chastity’

Glemp quote

‘backyard mongrels’

Pope Francis quote

‘people with homosexual tendencies are children of god’

Archbishop desmond tutu quote

‘people are frequently hounded, vilified, molested and even killed for something they did not choose’

Pope Leo XIV quote

‘homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered’ / insisted LGBTQ Christians are welcome in the church

Westboro Baptist Church

‘every tragedy in the world is linked to homosexuals’

Singer quote

‘if a form of sexual activity brings satisfaction… and harms no one, what can be immoral about it?’

Humanists perspective

‘happiness is the only good’ (Ingersoll)

Kant

homosexuality is a crime of the flesh

What is poltical lesbianism?

women can only be truly free of men’s violence and control if they exclude men from their romantic / sexual lives completely

Audre Lord quote

‘we have had to love in order to live; love has been our survival’

gay animals

proves queerness is natural / gay sex among giraffes makes up 90% of sexual activity

CA Edmund Poots

banned gay men from donating their ‘infected blood’

CA Brunei

death by stoning for gay sex

AIDS Crisis

‘Is AIDS a judgement of God? …I think so’ (Rev Billy Graham) / 100,000+ deaths because Reagan wouldn’t implement policies until 1988

2 quotes to argue marriage should be procreative

‘be fruitful and multiply’ / ‘the fruit of the womb is a reward’

What did Regan say about family?

‘the cornerstone of… society’

2 arguments that marriage should be heterosexual

they compliment eo / marriage = ordained by God, a covenant between M+F

How many babies born to lesbian couples in 2012?

268 live births

3 egs of how heterosexuality is patriarchal

1 in 4 women experience DV / men have authority over women in marriage / reinforces trad gender roles

UNDHR quote

‘everyone of full age has the right to marry and to found a family’