"We see no theological rationale for revising the church's traditional teaching that homosexual erotic behavior violates God's intent." That comment is part of a 16-page draft statement, "Human Sexual..
"We see no theological rationale for revising the church's traditional teaching that homosexual erotic behavior violates God's intent." That comment is part of a 16-page draft statement, "Human Sexuality and Sexual Behavior," approved in mid-June by the American Lutheran Church's Standing Committee for the Office of Research and Analysis (ORA). The statment's one-page treatment of homosexuality is actually a revision of a draft statement adopted by the ORA's standing committee in March 1977.
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