Editing Christian left (section)

=== Homosexuality ===
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The Christian left generally approaches [[homosexuality]] differently from some other Christian political groups. This approach can be driven by focusing on issues differently despite holding similar religious views, or by holding different religious ideas. Those in the Christian left who have similar ideas as other Christian political groups but a different focus may view Christian teachings on certain issues, such as the Bible's prohibitions against killing or criticisms of concentrations of wealth, as far more politically important than Christian teachings on social issues emphasized by the [[Christian right|religious right]], such as opposition to homosexuality. Others in the Christian left have not only a different focus on issues from other Christian political groups, but different religious ideas as well.

For example, some members of the Christian left may consider discrimination and bigotry against homosexuals to be immoral, but they differ on their views towards homosexual sex. Some believe homosexual sex to be immoral but unimportant compared with issues relating to social justice, or even matters of sexual morality involving heterosexual sex. Others assert that some homosexual practices are compatible with the Christian life. Such members believe common [[The Bible and homosexuality|biblical arguments]] used to condemn homosexuality are misinterpreted, and that biblical prohibitions of homosexual practices are actually against a specific type of homosexual sex act, i.e. [[pederasty]], the sodomizing of young boys by older men. Thus, they hold biblical prohibitions to be irrelevant when considering modern same-sex relationships.<ref>[http://www.tcpc.org/library/article.cfm?library_id=152 Why TCPC Advocates Equal Rights for Gay and Lesbian People] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212223001/http://www.tcpc.org/library/article.cfm?library_id=152 |date=12 February 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.christianalliance.org/site/c.bnKIIQNtEoG/b.667209/k.5987/Equality_for_Gays_and_Lesbians.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051201012003/http://www.christianalliance.org/site/c.bnKIIQNtEoG/b.667209/k.5987/Equality_for_Gays_and_Lesbians.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 December 2005|title=Equality for Gays and Lesbians – Christian Alliance for Progress|date=1 December 2005}}</ref><ref>[http://www.pflagdetroit.org/BibleandHomosexuality.html Bible & Homosexuality Home Page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224172958/http://www.pflagdetroit.org/BibleandHomosexuality.html |date=24 February 2015 }}. Pflagdetroit.org (11 December 1998). Retrieved on 2013-08-24.</ref><ref>[http://www.whosoever.org/gayxian/articles.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070521212158/http://www.whosoever.org/gayxian/articles.html|date=21 May 2007}}</ref>