Axios is an association for Orthodox Christians and Byzantine Rite Catholics who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender which was founded in Los Angeles in 1980.[1][2] The organization has chapters in Washington, D.C.;[3] Atlanta;[4] New York City; Colorado; Ohio; Pennsylvania; Chicago; Boston; Florida;[5] San Francisco; Detroit; Las Vegas; and outside the U.S., in Toronto, Canada, and Australia.[6]
Mission edit
The Orthodox Church's teaching is that same-sex relations are sinful in the same manner as all heterosexual practice outside of marriage. Axios also professes that members' "sexuality and love are God given and healthy,"[1] but denies any morally significant distinction ceteris paribus between heterosexual and homosexual expressions.
See also edit
Further reading edit
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Expression in Social Work Practice: Working with Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender People by Deana F. Morrow and Lori Messinger ISBN 0-231-12728-6[7]
- Christian Science: Its Encounter with Lesbian/Gay America by Bruce Stores ISBN 0-595-77425-3[8]
- Coming Out in Christianity by Melissa M. Wilcox ISBN 0-253-21619-2[9]
Sources edit
- Homosexuality in the Orthodox Church, by Justin R. Cannon[10]
- God Forbid: Religion and Sex in American Public Life by Kathleen M. Sands ISBN 0-19-512162-7[11]
References edit
- ^ a b Siker, Jeffrey S. (2007). Homosexuality and religion. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-313-33088-9.
- ^ Kittredge Cherry; Zalmon O. Sherwood (1995). "Appendix: National Lesbian/Gay Christian Organizations". Equal Rites: Lesbian and Gay Worship, Ceremonies, and Celebrations. Westminster John Knox Press. p. 165. ISBN 978-0-664-25535-0.
Axios, gay, christian.
- ^ "Axios DC". metroweekly.com. Metro Weekly. Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
- ^ "RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY". atlantagaychamber.com. Atlanta Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. Archived from the original on 2007-12-10. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
- ^ "LGBT National Spiritual Resources" (PDF). usf.edu. University of South Florida. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
- ^ "AXIOS - Eastern and Orthodox Gay and Lesbian Christians". axios.org. Archived from the original on 2010-04-01. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
- ^ Deana F. Morrow; Lori Messinger (2006). Sexual orientation and gender expression in social work practice (illustrated ed.). Columbia University Press. p. 513. ISBN 978-0-231-12728-8.
- ^ Stores, Bruce (2002). Christian Science: Its Encounter with Lesbian/Gay America. iUniverse. ISBN 978-0-595-77425-8.
- ^ Wilcox, Melissa M. (2003). Coming out in Christianity (illustrated ed.). Indiana University Press. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-253-21619-9.
- ^ Cannon, Justin R. "Homosexuality in the Orthodox Church". gayorthodox.com. Archived from the original on 2010-01-26. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
- ^ Sands, Kathleen M. (2000). God forbid: religion and sex in American public life. Oxford University Press US. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-19-512162-9.