They hold hands in public and show pictures of their children. They wear rings on their fingers which convey information about their mates and sexual life-styles. Gay and lesbian persons also need opportunities to speak affirmatively about themselves in the same way, without being accused of flaunting their sexuality. Integrity is active mainly in North America and Australia. However, there are other Christian groups throughout the world which minister to gay and lesbian members of the Anglican World Communion.
Many individuals are still afraid to let it be known that they are homosexual.
It should also be noted that our membership reflects a wide variety of viewpoints - a situation common to many Church organisations. We cannot permit these passages to be misinterpreted. They are not speaking of the loving, committed homosexual relationships that we know in the twentieth century. These texts, like all scriptures, must be taken in the context of the entire bible. The biblical witness is God's love for the creation, which is embodied in Jesus Christ.