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  The [International Association of Athletics Federations] will not drug me or stop me from being who I am . Caster Semenya, South African intersex athlete and two-time Olympic gold medalist Defining the Issue A Disorder of Sexual Development (DSD), a term first developed in 2006, is a condition in which someone may be born with the DNA of one sex, but their body looks like the other sex. 1   DSDs are a diverse group of conditions associated with atypical development of internal and external genitalia. DSDs can be difficult to understand because they involve genes, hormones, and reproductive organs (both internally and externally).  Having a DSD means the person doesn’t develop the same way other people do. Because their genitals don’t match their genetics, their anatomy doesn’t always neatly fit into the category of male or female. Some of the more widely discussed DSDs include Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, and 5-alpha reductase deficie...

Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ . Ephesians 4:15 Defining the Issue The legalisation of same-sex marriage presents Christians with new dilemmas. It is not uncommon for friends, family members, or coworkers to invite Christians to a same-sex wedding or a wedding shower. Should Christians who disagree with the morality of same-sex marriage attend such events? Biblical Ethical Principles Scripture clearly teaches that homosexual relationships are sinful (see chapter 40). Nevertheless, Christians are called to love our homosexual neighbours (Matthew 22:37–40), but such love does not entail approval of everything they choose to do.  We are always called to share the truth in love (Ephesians 4:15), including the truth about sexual ethics. Regardless of how kind and gracious we attempt to be in expressing a difference of opinion with nonbelievers, Christian ethics may be disparaged, misrepresented, and misunderstood ...

  Is there a gay gene? I’m on the right track; I was born this way . Lady Gaga, “Born This Way” Defining the Issue Does DNA code for same-sex attraction in the same way it codes for hair or skin colour? Many people believe that it does. A common perspective is that someone does not choose his or her sexual orientation any more than a person can choose his or her ethnic heritage. Many people believe a particular gene or group of genes determines which people are same-sex attracted. Research from American geneticist Dean Hamer in 1993 is often cited as evidence for the claim that a gay gene exists. In the July 16, 1993 edition of Science , Hamer was the primary author of an article that claimed “a statistically significant correlation between the inheritance of genetic markers on the chromosomal region Xq28 and sexual orientation in a selected group of homosexual males.” 1   Specifically, he claimed that out of forty pairs of homosexual brothers, thirty-three of the brother-pair...

The right to marry is a fundamental right inherent in the liberty of the person.… Same-sex couples may exercise the fundamental right to marry. The United States Supreme Court, Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) Defining the Issue On April 1, 2001, the Netherlands became the first nation to legalise same-sex marriages. Since then, a tidal wave of change has swept across different nations, and most Western countries now allow same-sex marriage.  In 2015, the United States Supreme Court mandated that same-sex marriage be legal in all fifty states in the Obergefell v. Hodges decision. The ruling was especially controversial because the majority of states had laws limiting marriage to one man and one woman, laws usually passed by referendum of the citizens themselves.  Many Christians consider the Obergefell decision a case of judicial overreach and hope to see it overruled by a more conservative court at some point in the future. There are numerous arguments cited in favour of same-sex ...

Defining the Issue Some people will say the Bible prohibits homosexual sex that is promiscuous, adulterous, or exploitative of other people, but claim the Bible is either silent or affirming of monogamous, loving homosexual relationships. A community of gay Christians has emerged who contend that it is acceptable to live within the moral constraints of a monogamous relationship or same-sex marriage. Such arguments claim the Bible has been badly misunderstood to prohibit all homosexual intercourse. Does the Bible prohibit homosexual sex, even in the context of a loving, committed relationship? Biblical Ethical Principles The Bible teaches that God designed sex to be experienced within the covenant of a heterosexual and monogamous marriage (Genesis 1:26–28; 2:24–25). Christian sexual ethics is narrow and not expansive, advocating a restrained vision of sexual ethics that embraces limits imposed by Scripture.  The Christian view is readily distinguished from the culture’s unrestrained...

The little boy was ‘choked underwater,’ had bruises ‘too numerous to count,’ and died of blunt trauma to the head while living with ‘transgender’ male ‘co-parents.’ The broken, lifeless body of a young boy was found bound with duct tape and stuffed in a closet in the home that his mother shared with two “transgender” males. The murdered boy, 7-year-old William Evans-Ellis, was reportedly being groomed to become “transgender” by the adults in the home. According to law enforcement, the boy’s body showed evidence that he was brutally tortured and beaten for two months. Three people are charged with murder and child endangerment in his death and are each being held on $1.1 million bond: His biological mother, Kaitlin Evans, 38, and “co-parents,” Nathan “Kirby” Rankin, 33, and Adamhnán Judaydon Caoilte Lugh “Nessa” Keane, 23. Earliest reports of the horrific murder had described all three adults as women. “I’ve had 21 years of law enforcement experience. This was probably one of the most...