In America’s capital, gay marriage is now legal, highlighting the role of religion in the struggle for homosexual rights. AUR’s official stance is that the push for gay marriage is well-intentioned but misguided: although we do believe in equal rights and dignity for gays and straights before the law, we also believe that the government should [...]
Posts Tagged ‘letter to the romans’
A Homily on Homosexuality
Posted in teachings, Virtues, tagged bible, bibliolatry, christian, gay marriage, gay rights, homosexuality, letter to the romans, st. paul, unitarian on 11 March 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There is no Plan C – Conquering False Hope with Faith
Posted in teachings, Virtues, tagged christ, epistle to the romans, faith, faith healing, hope, jesus, letter to the romans, logos, prayer healing, rationalism, son of god, st. paul, virtue on 30 April 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today is Loyal Thursday, and during these 12 Days of Trust — celebrating the virtue of Faith — it is important to remember the fallibility of Hope. Faith is the complement of Hope, and its antidote when Hope becomes false: Faith, rather than meaning credulous obedience to dogmatic authority, is simply what we modern Americans would call “stick-to-it-iveness”: [...]
Homosexuality and What Paul’s Letter to the Romans Really Says
Posted in teachings, tagged bible, bibliolatry, gay marriage, homophobia, homosexuality, letter to the romans, st. paul on 14 January 2008 | 4 Comments »
There are numerous scriptural arguments against homosexuality, but none as commonly used as Paul’s Letter to the Romans, which describes the apostle’s vision of the Gospel for the mixed Jew/Gentile church in Rome. Paul wrote it in the 1st Century, long before the idea of “sexuality,” when people spoke merely of various sexual acts. Even [...]
