It is possible that LGBTQ persons are more likely to benefit from online communications than heterosexual persons, as LGBTQ social networking is more focused on redefining cultural narratives and identity development.
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Some scholars speculate that the text does not condemn homosexual acts by homosexuals, rather " homosexual acts committed by heterosexual persons ", or heterosexuals who " abandoned " or " exchanged " heterosexuality for homosexuality.
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The fact that an individual is homosexual, as has been strongly implied in the case of Mr . Jenkins, does not per se make him more unstable and more a security risk than any heterosexual person.
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"It's a white person who doesn't have to worry about affirmative action going down the tubes, and the heterosexual person who doesn't have to worry about a hate crimes law being passed ."
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Of course, it's not unusual for a heterosexual person to appreciate attractiveness in someone of their own sex, even if they are not personally attracted to the person .-- talk ) 22 : 44, 5 August 2008 ( UTC)
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Their ruling said Smith had " analyzed neither whether our nation has a deeply rooted history of state interference, or state non-interference, in the private sexual activity of married or unmarried heterosexual persons nor whether contemporary practice bolsters or undermines any such history ."
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Some studies only consider a person bisexual if they are nearly equally attracted to both sexes, and others consider a person bisexual if they are " at all " attracted to the same sex ( for otherwise mostly heterosexual persons ) or to the opposite sex ( for otherwise mostly homosexual persons ).
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Preceding the incompatibility clause, the " Book of Discipline " clearly states that " homosexual persons, no less than heterosexual persons, are individuals of sacred worth . " Some believe that this " sacred worth " clause stands in contradiction to the following statement regarding the incompatibility of homosexual practice with Christian teaching.
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It is not considered for a identified ( as in the person has only called themselves ) heterosexual person to act on homosexual relations, it would still be possible if the bond that was between the older person and the younger person was such that they already had a close ( non-sexual ) relationship before the event happened.
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"However, I grieve that it wasn't until the 19th century that we took a decisive stand against slavery, the 20th century before we ordained a woman, and now we will be into the 21st century before we truly understand that ` Homosexual persons no less than heterosexual persons are individuals of sacred worth, "'he added, quoting a line also found in Social Principles.
