Fine Gael has called on legislators to give legal protection to same-sex couples and Sinn Féin has accused the Government of rolling back gay rights won in the courts. Both were speaking following a call by a senior Anglican churchman for inheritance and other rights to be given to gay couples living together. Church of Ireland Archdeacon Gordon Linney last night called for legislation to protect cohabiting gay couples. [Continue Reading]
Video: Jeremy Marks, of Courage UK, talks about ex-Gay ministries
12 June 2007
Survivors of ‘ex-gay’ programs explain how they too once believed their sexual orientation had changed only to realize later a genuine change had not occurred. [Continue Reading]
Does the Bible tell us so? Homosexuality and Scripture
1 April 2007
By Roger Juline, Science of Mind
Pastoral Guidelines – Homosexuality
1 January 2007
While a person’s sexuality is a very important part of their lives, it does not define who they are. Biblically we as a church maintain that a person is defined in the first instance in terms of their relationship to God – creation in relation to Creator. To refer to a person as a homosexual, a lesbian or a heterosexual is therefore to narrow their identity to their sexuality alone. For this reason it seems better to refer to ‘people’ who have ‘same sex attraction’. [Continue Reading]
