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Were non-procreative marital sex viewed by the Magisterium as sinful, menopausal wives and sterile spouses would be called upon to abstain from sex even within marriage.
Michele Somerville: Homophobia in the Church: What Catholics Are Doing About It, and What Still Needs to Be Done Michele Somerville 2010
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Were non-procreative marital sex viewed by the Magisterium as sinful, menopausal wives and sterile spouses would be called upon to abstain from sex even within marriage.
Michele Somerville: Homophobia in the Church: What Catholics Are Doing About It, and What Still Needs to Be Done Michele Somerville 2010
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Really, "sodomy" refers to any non-procreative sex and thus applies to many more straights than gays.
Jay Michaelson: Who Are The Real Sodomites? Jay Michaelson 2011
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Really, "sodomy" refers to any non-procreative sex and thus applies to many more straights than gays.
Jay Michaelson: Who Are The Real Sodomites? Jay Michaelson 2011
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Catholic doctrine already upholds the sanctity of non-procreative, or what it calls "unitive" love in heterosexual marriage.
Michele Somerville: Marriage Equality In New York: A Moral Triumph Michele Somerville 2011
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Were non-procreative marital sex viewed by the Magisterium as sinful, menopausal wives and sterile spouses would be called upon to abstain from sex even within marriage.
Michele Somerville: Homophobia in the Church: What Catholics Are Doing About It, and What Still Needs to Be Done Michele Somerville 2010
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The correct definition of sodomy – then and now – is simply non-procreative sex, whether practiced by heterosexuals or homosexuals.
Global Voices in English » Africa: Gay and lesbian voices in African blogosphere 2009
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Or does the manner and frequency with which we have sex, along with our tendency to have it more often for non-procreative reasons than for procreative, proof of our humanity?
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Or does the manner and frequency with which we have sex, along with our tendency to have it more often for non-procreative reasons than for procreative, proof of our humanity?
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America's traditional religious consensus on sexual morality -- which supported laws against abortion and all forms of non-procreative sex, from masturbation to oral and anal sex, whether practiced by members of the same or different genders, inside or outside of marriage -- began to break down in the 1960s.
A religious test all our political candidates should take 2010
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