Sexual Ethics

“The Courage to be Baptist: A Statement on Baptist Ecclesiology and Human Sexuality says the introduction of laws permitting same-sex marriages in England, Wales and Scotland in recent years has posed a particular challenge for churches in the Baptist Union of Great Britain.

“Those who hold to traditional religious convictions are now to be punished.”

Opinions seem to correlate with degree of regular church attendance

“… my book was used as a rule book to say this is the only way to do it. I know that that’s not helpful.” NPR

The culprit is an “alleged anti-LGBT policy barring students from engaging in sexual intimacy outside of marriage between a man and a woman.” Christian Today

More High School Students Abstaining From Sex, CDC Finds

“Less than a week after Target, the nation’s second-largest discount retailer, announced that transgender customers may use the restroom that ‘corresponds with their gender identity,’ nearly 500,000 people have signed a #BoycottTarget online petition launched by the conservative American Family Association.” RNS

“Executive Order 93 affirmed most of the provisions of HB2, including one that protects public establishments from being forced to allow biological males and females to have access to restrooms and locker rooms of the gender with which they identify. But …” WORLD

“The bill (H.B. 2) also known as the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, requires students to use bathrooms and changing facilities that correspond with their biological sex, regardless of the students’ gender identity.”