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“This
Conference
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“. . . In view of the teachings of Scripture
upholds faithfulness in
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marriage
between a man and a woman in lifelong union, and
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believes
that abstinence is right for those who are not called to
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marriage.
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“Recognizes that
there are among us persons who experience
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themselves as
having a homosexual orientation. Many of these
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are members of
the Church and are seeking the pastoral care,
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moral direction
of the Church, and God's transforming power for
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the living of
their lives and the ordering of relationship. We
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commit
ourselves to listen to the experience of homosexual
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persons
and we wish to assure them that they are loved by God
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and
that all baptized, believing and faithful persons, regardless
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of
sexual orientation, are full members of the Body of Christ . . .
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