... Old Testament) God rained fire on the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah which were populated by homosexuals. Christianity and Homosexuality In North America, gay activists and religious (Christian) conservatives clash over the issue of homosexuality with the latter treating the Bible as the word of God and inerrant ... employment in extreme cases. They also believe that hate crime legislation protecting gays should be removed and most certainly are against the idea of gay clergymen. Liberal Christians on the other hand take another view. Firstly there are differences in translation. According ...

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... marriage was the only answer. The increase in alternatives to marriage signifies how times have changed in contemporary family relationships. There have been an increasing number of arguments over whether gay and lesbian couples are able to have children. With many different opinions from people which believe that, in particular, boys need their fathers and every child needs a mother, it is ... family, it is important to remember the circumstances of the children growing up in these types of families. Variables such as the sex of the child and whether it is a gay or lesbian couple hinde...

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... foundation of society One of the most important issues in this debate is that of just what marriage is. Many Christians argue that marriage is for procreation. A lesbian or a male gay couple cannot procreate, but then, neither can a man and woman where one is infertile. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the number of infertile married couples of childbearing ... Charter prohibited discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.(Sampson) If this logic was to be followed, of "going by the past" then slavery would still be practiced, men could rape their wives, wom...

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