These confessions, based on the Bible and arrived at in times of great theological debate, mark a circle within which the orthodox Christian stands. At this time Christians are engaged in a debate comparable with those mentioned above. It is the debate about human sexuality, in particular the question of same sex relationships for both men and women. To my knowledge this question has never been raised with such urgency as at the present time. The teaching of scripture is unambiguous.
Sexual relationships are to be heterosexual and they are to be strictly confined to marriage.
It is, in essence, a matter of 'the faith' not merely of behaviour. There are other matters which are touched on or inferred in the Bible, which if raised to the status of 'the faith,' might divide Christians in their fellowship from one another. Here liberality is important. To the contrary, liberalism is the denial of orthodoxy, in part or whole. In matters of the faith we must have unity.