Word: sinning
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During this arduous process, voices of complaint from American women have been weeded out of the text and papal pronouncements brought to the fore. The current draft proclaims sexism to be a sin, in church or society. Dioceses are asked to establish women's commissions. Willingness to treat women as equals is a criterion of fitness for the priesthood. But the text drops previous urgings that the Vatican immediately consider letting women join the order of deacon, thus permitting them to perform many pastoral functions also filled by priests. The text weakens proposals for allowing women preachers and altar girls...
Anderson says he is challenging Gomes on theissue of Biblical authority rather than on that ofpersonal sexual preference. Gomes was targeted notbecause he is gay but because he preaches thathomosexuality is not a sin, Anderson says...
While some Christians call homosexuality a sin,some gay and lesbian students say churches may betrying a atone for their own sins...
...Concerned Christians contended that Gomes' argument that homosexuality was not a sin made him unfit to serve as minister of Memorial Church...
...Concerned Christians at Harvard, anundergraduate group, demands that the Rev. PeterJ. Gomes, who is gay, resign as minister ofMemorial Church because he preaches thathomosexuality is not a sin...