Editing Christianity and homosexuality (section)

== Movement of pro-celibacy gay Christians ==
There is a movement of people who call themselves "gay Christians", but choose to practice [[celibacy]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Michelle|last=Boorstein|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/gay-christians-choosing-celibacy-emerge-from-the-shadows/2014/12/13/51c73aea-6ab2-11e4-9fb4-a622dae742a2_story.html|title=Gay Christians choosing celibacy emerge from the shadows|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=13 December 2014|access-date=4 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Molly|last=Worthen|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/opinion/sunday/who-are-the-gay-evangelicals.html|title=Who Are the Gay Evangelicals?|date=27 February 2016|access-date=4 January 2023}}</ref> The movement is often positioned against both liberals and conservatives. Recognizing themselves as gay or bisexual, these people believe that their attraction to same-sex people, while present, does not allow them to have homosexual relationships. They often say that their Christian conversion did not instantly change their sexual desires. They insist that the church should always reject homosexual practices, but that it should welcome gay people.