Axios (organization) explained

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

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Siker, Jeffrey S.. Homosexuality and religion. Greenwood Publishing Group. 106. 2007. 978-0-313-33088-9.
  2. Book: Kittredge Cherry . Zalmon O. Sherwood. Equal Rites: Lesbian and Gay Worship, Ceremonies, and Celebrations. Westminster John Knox Press. 165. 1995. Appendix: National Lesbian/Gay Christian Organizations. 978-0-664-25535-0. registration . Axios, gay, christian. .
  3. News: Axios DC . metroweekly.com . . 2009-04-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110608210150/http://www.metroweekly.com/community/directory/?org=310 . 2011-06-08 .
  4. Web site: RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY . atlantagaychamber.com . Atlanta Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce . 2009-04-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071210051230/http://atlantagaychamber.com/page.php?id=104 . 2007-12-10 .
  5. Web site: LGBT National Spiritual Resources . usf.edu . . 2009-04-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100616232840/http://multicultural.usf.edu/pdf/safezone/resourcespiritual.pdf . 2010-06-16 .
  6. Web site: AXIOS - Eastern and Orthodox Gay and Lesbian Christians. axios.org. 2009-04-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20100401111123/http://www.axios.org/doku.php. 2010-04-01. dead.
  7. Book: Deana F. Morrow . Lori Messinger. Sexual orientation and gender expression in social work practice. Columbia University Press. 2006. illustrated. 513. 978-0-231-12728-8.
  8. Book: Stores, Bruce. Christian Science: Its Encounter with Lesbian/Gay America. iUniverse. 2002. 978-0-595-77425-8.
  9. Book: Wilcox, Melissa M.. Coming out in Christianity. Indiana University Press. 108. 2003. illustrated. 978-0-253-21619-9.
  10. Web site: Homosexuality in the Orthodox Church . Cannon . Justin R. . gayorthodox.com . 2009-04-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100126231551/http://www.gayorthodox.com/resources.html . 2010-01-26 .
  11. Book: Sands, Kathleen M.. God forbid: religion and sex in American public life. Oxford University Press US. 85. 2000. 978-0-19-512162-9.

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