Editing Christianity and homosexuality (section)

====Rejecting position====
{{see also|Homosexuality and Methodism}}
[[File:Time Magazine cover April 13, 2015.webp|thumb|right|A 2015 cover of [[Time (magazine)|''Time'']] highlighting the [[LGBTQ rights opposition|conflict]] between some Christian denominations' views and [[LGBTQ rights]]]]

Some [[mainline (Protestant)|mainline Protestant]] denominations, such as the African [[Methodism|Methodist churches]],<ref name="UMC – Sexuality">{{cite web|url=http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?mid=1728 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701151202/http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?mid=1728 |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 July 2012 |title=Human Sexuality |publisher=The United Methodist Church |access-date=16 May 2008 }}</ref><ref name="HRC – Stances of Faiths on LGBT Issues: African Methodist Episcopal Church">{{cite web|url=http://www.hrc.org/issues/4957.htm|title=Stances of Faiths on LGBT Issues: African Methodist Episcopal Church|publisher=The Human Rights Campaign|access-date=25 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091121220941/http://www.hrc.org/issues/4957.htm|archive-date=21 November 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="FMC – Christian Conduct">{{cite web|url=http://www.freemethodistchurch.org/Sections/About%20Us/Beliefs/Christian%20Life/Christian%20Conduct/Christian%20Conduct%203.htm |title=The Christian Life – Christian Conduct |publisher=Free Methodist Church |access-date=16 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513181703/http://www.freemethodistchurch.org/Sections/About%20Us/Beliefs/Christian%20Life/Christian%20Conduct/Christian%20Conduct%203.htm |archive-date=13 May 2008 }}</ref><ref name="UMC – British Methodists reject blessing of same-sex relationships">{{cite web|url=http://www.umc.org/site/c.gjJTJbMUIuE/b.1827285/k.B985/British_Methodists_reject_blessing_of_samesex_relationships.htm|title=British Methodists reject blessing of same-sex relationships|publisher=The United Methodist Church|access-date=16 May 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914134747/http://www.umc.org/site/c.gjJTJbMUIuE/b.1827285/k.B985/British_Methodists_reject_blessing_of_samesex_relationships.htm|archive-date=14 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> the [[Reformed Church in America]],<ref name="RCA – Homosexuality">{{cite web|url=http://www.rca.org/Page.aspx?pid=501|title=Summaries of General Synod Discussions and Actions on Homosexuality and the Rights of Homosexuals|publisher=Reformed Church in America|access-date=21 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716233212/https://www.rca.org/Page.aspx?pid=501|archive-date=16 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the [[Presbyterian Church in America]],<ref name="PCA – Homosexuality">{{cite web|url=http://www.alliancenet.org/partner/Article_Display_Page/0,,PTID23682_CHID125044_CIID1620134,00.html |title=PCA Statements on Homosexuality |publisher=[[Presbyterian Church in America]] |access-date=16 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613093815/http://alliancenet.org/partner/Article_Display_Page/0%2C%2CPTID23682_CHID125044_CIID1620134%2C00.html |archive-date=13 June 2010 }}</ref> [[Christian Reformed Church in North America]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2022/june/christian-reformed-church-crc-lgbt-stance-calvin.html | title=Christian Reformed Church Brings LGBT Stance into Faith Statement | date=15 June 2022 }}</ref> also oppose LGBTQ relationships.

Some [[Conservative Friends|Conservative Quakers]], those within [[Friends United Meeting]] and the [[Evangelical Friends International]] believe that sexual relations are condoned only in marriage, which they define to be between a man and a woman.<ref name="FUM – Homosexuality">{{cite web|url=http://www.neym.org/FUMworkweb/history.pdf |title=History of FUM policy regarding the appointment of homosexuals |publisher=[[Friends United Meeting]] |access-date=22 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101008224923/http://neym.org/FUMworkweb/history.pdf |archive-date= 8 October 2010 }}</ref>

[[Confessional Lutheran]] churches teach that it is sinful to have homosexual desires, even if they do not lead to homosexual activity.<ref name="WELSQA-871">{{cite web |url=https://www.wels.net/cgi-bin/site.pl?process&procID=1518&cuQA_qaID=1&cuTopic_topicID=28&cuItem_itemID=871 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20090928041714/https://www.wels.net/cgi-bin/site.pl?process&procID=1518&cuQA_qaID=1&cuTopic_topicID=28&cuItem_itemID=871 |archive-date=28 September 2009 |work=WELS Topical Q&A |title= Human Behavior – Sexual Behavior |publisher=[[Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod]] |access-date=24 July 2016 }}</ref> The Doctrinal statement issued by the [[Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod]] states that making a distinction between homosexual orientation and the act of homosexuality is confusing:

{{Blockquote|We cannot limit the sin of homosexuality to deeds but not desires, any more than we can limit heterosexual sin to deeds but not desires. Scripture clearly includes desires and inclinations toward sinful actions in the category of sin ({{abbr|Mt|Matthew}} 5:27–28). This is true of both homosexual and heterosexual sin.<ref name=welsstatement>{{cite web|url=http://wlsessays.net/files/BrugIsHomosexualityASin.pdf |title=Doctrinal Brief: Is Homosexuality a Sin? |last=Brug |first=John F. |publisher=[[Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary]] |page=288 |access-date=4 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522213615/http://wlsessays.net/files/BrugIsHomosexualityASin.pdf |archive-date=22 May 2014 }}</ref>}}

However, confessional Lutherans also warn against [[Hypocrisy|selective morality]] which harshly condemns homosexuality while treating other sins more lightly.<ref name=welsstatement/>