PHIL 200 Chapter Notes -List Of Civilisations In The Culture Series, Society Of Jesus, Book Of Leviticus
12 Jun 2018
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These students are training to be future ministers, and I was consoled at the compassion and
understanding they will probably show to homosexuals they will meet.
I still had to ask myself, Are they correct? Homosexual orientation must be distinguished from
homosexual activity.
Those who are homosexual may remain single or celibate; and they can, at least physically, engage
in heterosexual acts.
It is experienced internally as an enduring, romantic, and sexual attraction to members of the same
sex.
Hence one is not morally responsible for having the orientation.
One is responsible for what one does with this orientation, just as heterosexuals are responsible for
how they express their own orientation.
Children, adolescents, and even some heterosexual adults quite commonly go through homosexual
phases.
Some homosexuals occasionally experience heterosexual attraction.
How do homosexuals experience themselves and their activity? Put simply, some are quite happy
with their condition, some confused, and some quite unhappy.
To those who are at peace with their homosexuality it seems an affront to demand that they change
themselves.
They ask heterosexuals to imagine wanting to extinguish one of the great sources of their identity,
namely, the heterosexual feelings that form so much of the way a heterosexual relates to the world.
To those who are confused, gay alliances recommend that they accent the heterosexual aspect of
themselves as long as they can, if only as a way of avoiding societal defamation.
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These students are training to be future ministers, and i was consoled at the compassion and understanding they will probably show to homosexuals they will meet. Homosexual orientation must be distinguished from homosexual activity. Those who are homosexual may remain single or celibate; and they can, at least physically, engage in heterosexual acts. It is experienced internally as an enduring, romantic, and sexual attraction to members of the same sex. Hence one is not morally responsible for having the orientation. One is responsible for what one does with this orientation, just as heterosexuals are responsible for how they express their own orientation. Children, adolescents, and even some heterosexual adults quite commonly go through homosexual phases. Put simply, some are quite happy with their condition, some confused, and some quite unhappy. To those who are at peace with their homosexuality it seems an affront to demand that they change themselves.
