Sexual Ethics Quotes

"Whether any form of [blank_start]sex[blank_end] is good or evil depends on whether [blank_start]love[blank_end] is [blank_start]fully[blank_end] [blank_start]served[blank_end]." - Fletcher ([blank_start]1963[blank_end])

[blank_start]Song[blank_end] of [blank_start]Songs[blank_end]: marriage - loving, God filled - but could be [blank_start]interpreted[blank_end] as any [blank_start]loving[blank_end] relationship (eg: homo)

[blank_start]Ephesians[blank_end] [blank_start]5[blank_end]:[blank_start]22[blank_end]-[blank_start]33[blank_end]: Roles in marriage ([blank_start]heterosexual[blank_end]) - Respect and Love - as with [blank_start]Christ[blank_end] and the Church (etc.)

[blank_start]1 Samuel[blank_end] [blank_start]20[blank_end] - Relationship - Jonathan and David - weakly interpreted as homosexual

[blank_start]1 Corinthians[blank_end] [blank_start]6[blank_end]+[blank_start]7[blank_end] - Sexual [blank_start]Immorality[blank_end] (and against) Homosexuality - advocates singleness / [blank_start]celibacy[blank_end]

[blank_start]Romans[blank_end] [blank_start]1[blank_end]:[blank_start]26[blank_end]-[blank_start]27[blank_end] - "[blank_start]shameful[blank_end] lusts" ... "women [blank_start]exchanged[blank_end] natural relations for unnatural ones" ... "men committed [blank_start]indecent[blank_end] acts with other men" (etc.) (definition indecent and unnatural debated)

Genesis 1+2 on marriage = Creation [blank_start]Ordinances[blank_end] - 1:[blank_start]28[blank_end] - "[blank_start]multiply[blank_end]" - 2:[blank_start]24[blank_end] - "one [blank_start]flesh[blank_end]"

[blank_start]Leviticus[blank_end] 18 - sexual immorality - 18:[blank_start]22[blank_end] - "Do not lie with a [blank_start]man[blank_end] as one lies with a [blank_start]woman[blank_end]; that is [blank_start]detestable[blank_end]." (No homosexual [blank_start]practice[blank_end])

"The [blank_start]unconditional[blank_end] love which in Christian marriage reflects Christ's love for the [blank_start]Church[blank_end] (Ephesians 5:25) cannot be [blank_start]nourished[blank_end] in a [blank_start]context[blank_end] where it can be [blank_start]terminated[blank_end] if 'things don't work out'." - Adrian [blank_start]Thatcher[blank_end] #1

urging to replace "a[blank_start]rchaic[blank_end], r[blank_start]igid[blank_end], o[blank_start]utmoded[blank_end], op[blank_start]pressive[blank_end], s[blank_start]tatic[blank_end], d[blank_start]ecaying[blank_end], V[blank_start]ictorian[blank_end]" i[blank_start]nstitution[blank_end] of marriage with "f[blank_start]ree[blank_end], d[blank_start]ynamic[blank_end], h[blank_start]onest[blank_end], s[blank_start]pontaneous[blank_end], c[blank_start]reative[blank_end]" open marriage. - [blank_start]George[blank_end] and [blank_start]Nena[blank_end] O'Neill - Open Marriage: A New Lifestyle for Couples - Quoted by John [blank_start]Stott[blank_end]

"The same God who said through [blank_start]Malachi[blank_end] 'I hate [blank_start]divorce[blank_end]' ([blank_start]2:16[blank_end]) also said through [blank_start]Hosea[blank_end] 'I will heal their [blank_start]waywardness[blank_end] and love them [blank_start]freely[blank_end], for my [blank_start]anger[blank_end] has turned away from them' ([blank_start]14:4[blank_end])" - John [blank_start]Williams[blank_end] - Quoted by John [blank_start]Stott[blank_end]

"It has actually become [blank_start]necessary[blank_end] in our [blank_start]time[blank_end] to [blank_start]rebut[blank_end] the theory that every [blank_start]firm[blank_end] and [blank_start]serious[blank_end] friendship is really [blank_start]homosexual[blank_end]." - C.S. Lewis ([blank_start]Four[blank_end] Loves) #1

"How a man can feel anything but [blank_start]bewildered[blank_end] [blank_start]pity[blank_end] for the [blank_start]genuinely[blank_end] [blank_start]homosexual[blank_end] I've never been able to understand." - C.S. Lewis (Four Loves) #2

"Very often what comes first is simply a [blank_start]delighted[blank_end] [blank_start]preoccupation[blank_end] with the [blank_start]Beloved[blank_end] - a [blank_start]general[blank_end], [blank_start]unspecified[blank_end] preoccupation with her in [blank_start]totality[blank_end]." - [blank_start]Eros[blank_end] - C.S. Lewis (Four Loves) #3

"sexual [blank_start]desire[blank_end], without [blank_start]Eros[blank_end], wants IT, the [blank_start]THING[blank_end] in [blank_start]ITSELF[blank_end]; Eros wants the [blank_start]Beloved[blank_end]." - C.S. Lewis (Four Loves) #4

"[blank_start]Falling[blank_end] in love is something that happens to us - [blank_start]being[blank_end] in love - still more, [blank_start]remaining[blank_end] [blank_start]permanently[blank_end] in love - is something we [blank_start]do[blank_end]. No passion is self [blank_start]preservative[blank_end]. [...] need the [blank_start]grace[blank_end] of God." - Eros - C.S. Lewis (Four Loves) #5

"Marriage may be a useful [blank_start]tool[blank_end] of [blank_start]state[blank_end] [...] but since many people today consider living together / [blank_start]cohabitation[blank_end] as a [blank_start]natural[blank_end] way to [blank_start]express[blank_end] themselves [blank_start]sexually[blank_end], the moral reasons for marriage may appear [blank_start]obscure[blank_end] and old-fashioned." - Michael [blank_start]Wilcockson[blank_end]