Original sentence: Also, rather than interpreting the term "adultery" in the Ten Commandments to mean any sex outside of marriage, they interpret it to mean sex with somebody else's spouse, which would make the prohibition irrelevant to sex between unmarried persons, including sex between unmarried homosexuals.Modernists often argue that homosexual desires are present in a person at birth or in early childhood (see Genetic basis for homosexuality and Causes of sexual orientation.The United Methodist Church officially considers "the practice of homosexuality (to be) incompatible with Christian teaching" and states that ";self-avowed practicing homosexuals" cannot be ordained as ministers.They also point out that Jesus explicitly condemned divorce -- equating it with adultery in the Sermon on the Mount -- but never explicitly forbade homosexuality; so they call it hypocritical to criticize homosexuality much more vocally than divorce
Edited sentence: Modernists generally argue that homosexual desires are present in a person at birth (a position for which scientific research has provided mixed evidence) or in early childhood.Rather than interpreting the term "adultery" in the Ten Commandments to mean any sex outside of marriage, they interpret it to mean sex with somebody else's spouse, which then makes it irrelevant to sex between unmarried persons, including sex between unmarried homosexuals.The United Methodist Church officially considers "the practice of homosexuality (to be) incompatible with Christian teaching" and states that "self-avowed practicing homosexuals" cannot be ordained as ministers.They also point out that Jesus explicitly condemned divorce as adultery in the Sermon on the Mount, while he never explicitly forbade homosexuality; it is thus held to be hypocritical to criticize homosexuality much more vocally than divorce