Orthodox Christiany and homosexualy. A place of support for gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenred Orthodox Christians. Constctive cricism of the church's posn
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THE GAY ORTHODOX UNRGROUND
The first tentn is for this webse to be a place of support and refuge for Orthodox Christians who are gay – for to tell our stori about beg Orthodox and gay. The send aim is to offer an opportuny for nstctive cricism and ments on the official and not so official stanc of the Orthodox Church and Orthodox Christians on homosexualy. There are two ma guidg prcipl of this webse:One: The Orthodox Church is the Bri of Beg gay is a gift of God, the Creator.
Orthodox Christians who are gay have been serly maligned and hurt by antiquated terpretatns of Scripture and non law. Numero bishops and prits, “pastors” of the Church, have done ser spirual damage to a great number of gay Orthodox Christians cludg members of the clergy.
By exprsg our stori, Orthodox Christians who are gay have the opportuny to hopefully one day change the official posn of the Church on issu such as sexual orientatn and gay marriage.
ORTHODOX, GAY, AND THE RT IS PRIVATE
Perhaps you know that, acrdg to tradnal Orthodox teachg, homosexual activy is a s like adultery, fornitn, and other acts of sexual impury.
Confsn and fivens is available to those who stggle to rist s, but the tentn to ntue the practice of homosexualy would ed impe membership the Orthodox Church. A repentant, stgglg homosexual who reas om homosexual acts n be received to the church after the ual urse of stctn, but he or she would do bt to keep this matter the nfsnal, jt as is mon wh every other s. It’s not jt homosexualy; the Orthodox Church oppos today’s cultural permissivens the area of sexualy generally, pecially wh regard to habatn, promiscuy, and var forms of eroticism.
Homosexualy is regard as ntrary to God’s revealed purpose his creatn of genr and marriage (Genis 1-2), a posn clearly affirmed by Christ (Mark 10:6-9).