Like never before, students in this situation may begin to question and examine the sexual values they have been taught. What follows are some things these students need to consider. We Christians see our sexuality as a wondrous gift from God. We are male or female at every level of our being. Our sexuality colors who we are, and how we think and feel and act.
Sexual intimacy is sacred.
It involves a profound giving of oneself to another. It is a sharing in God's own creativity, bringing new life into the world. The wisdom of our Christian tradition teaches us that only the complete commitment to one another that comes with marriage is the proper setting for sexual intimacy. If, for example, a boyfriend or girlfriend should have a tragic accident and become disfigured or handicapped, the partner might chose to spend the rest of his or her life caring for the one injured. But there is no social obligation to do so.