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...traditional Judeo- Christian morality as an expression of patriarchy. In addition, a trend has been emerging in modern moral theology to base judgments concerning sexuality not on absolute rules but on the relative value of each relationship. This approach was promoted as early as 1966 by Episcopal theologian Joseph Fletcher's Situation Ethics: The New Morality. Among the denominations where the pressures are highest...
...million-member denomination was the first to face the full implications of the sexual revolution. As far back as 1970, a church panel, echoing Fletcher's approach, declared that "sexual expression . . . cannot be confined to the married and about-to-be-married." Irate traditionalists got that year's assembly to reaffirm the sinfulness of adultery, fornication and homosexual practice, but their motion passed by a paper-thin margin...
...great," says Fletcher, "and I did very well on my final exams...
...invitation from Leonard Bernstein to attend one of the performances of Composition Mass at the Boston Opera House," says Fletcher. "I Invited Lana to go with me, and she completely charmed him. There was a reception afterward and, when we left, he said, 'Todd, she's beautiful. Don't let her get away...
...wardrobe is like none other," agrees Fletcher. "One day she was wearing this very interesting outfit and I said, 'Wow, Lana, those are weird shoes.' She said, 'No, not weird, funky...