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Abstract Gays and lesbians challenge not only contemporary Christian sexual ethics but also political ethics and ecclesial politics. Ecumenical Protestants interminably debate the moral status of sexual relations of gay men and lesbians, and draw from their positions a variety of implications for political ethics and ecclesial politics. Evangelical Protestants exhibit more consensus in their view that samegender sexual relations are morally wrong, but like their kin in the ecumenical churches, they debate the implications of this belief for policy and legal issues regarding gays and lesbians. These issues include legal protection from discrimination based upon sexual orientation, the decriminalization of sodomy, the legal status of lesbian and gay relationships, and the adoption of children by gays and lesbians. The essays in this section of the volume represent different ways that ecumenical Protestants relate sexual ethics and political ethics, with particular attention to the question of the ecclesiastical celebration of same-gender unions.
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