Bishops Quote by John Boswell

I'm honestly not sure that I've ever tried to talk as a theologian about "homosexual acts," per se. My disagreement with the current teaching…

— James Alison

“Homosexuality, to the limited extent it was discussed in our church, was little more than a political football, a quick test of orthodoxy.”

— Matthew Vines

It is deplorable that homosexual persons have been and are the object of violent malice in speech or in action. Such treatment deserves condemnation…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Homosexuality was massively practiced in some of the conflicting religions at the time of Christ and even at the time of Christ, in Roman…

— Jimmy Carter

“He was more embarrassed and discreet about sex than about things I thought more difficult, like killing people, which pretty much defined the history…

— Viet Thanh Nguyen

What the Pope thinks of being gay does not matter to the world. It matters to the people who like the Pope and follow…

— Lady Gaga

“One of the most striking things about the New Testament teaching on homosexuality is that, right on the heels of the passages that condemn…

— Wesley Hill

If the Church has no the authority to tell its members that they may not engage in homosexual practices, then it has no authority…

— Orson Scott Card

All liaisons between homosexuals are conducted as though they were between a chorus girl and a bishop. In some cases both parties think they…

— Quentin Crisp

“I was gay because I didn’t know if it would jeopardize my plans for priesthood and nobody wanted an out-of-the-closet gay priest at their…

— Charles Benedict

We've got to deal with the fact that the church has been violently prejudiced against gay people. We've murdered them; we've burned them at…

— John Shelby Spong

“As a gay man, the Church oppressed me and I walked willingly into its repressive and controlling arms. As a gay man, I willingly…

— Charles Benedict