G-6.0106b was the result of long hours of listening to individual experiences, theological rationale and scientific factors. It was drafted and then approved by the Assembly following times of prayerful searching and listening to other commissioners views. The fidelity-chastity language approaches sexuality in the right way. It calls for self-examination, not inordinate prying into another s life. It clarifies the standards and contexualizes them.
Marriage is upheld as the Scriptural place for expressions of sexuality.
The covenant relationship between a man and a woman is affirmed. Yet, sexuality is not isolated as the only standard for church officers. The section recognizes there are a variety of sins possible in our human condition. These practices would be too numerous to list in a single amendment. We humans have the capacity to find infinite variations on how to violate the Ten Commandments.