Contraception has further muddled these issues. Both relationships are equally barren. By now I am sure that my gay acquaintances are no doubt cheering. The excommunication of Lewis Green and the demand for an apology to the gay community within his church for his protests reveal that Christianity today stands at a crossroads. There are at least two possible roads into the future.
Churches can continue to bend or ignore traditional Christian teaching regarding sexual morality.
These cafeteria Christians and cafeteria churches can continue to proclaim God's love without proclaiming the ideas of repentance, to disassociate Christ's mercy from Christ's justice. Everyone is welcome in this church, but it is understood that repentance is the first step toward Christ's freedom. Those who become new in Christ may take part in the sacraments. This concept doesn't seem difficult to understand to me. Some gay bashers in the church won't get it.