Axios (organization)

Axios is an association for Orthodox Christians and Byzantine Rite Catholics who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender which was founded in Los Angeles in 1980.[1][2] The organization has chapters in Washington DC,[3] Atlanta,[4] New York City, Colorado, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Chicago, Boston, Florida,[5] San Francisco, Detroit, Las Vegas, and outside the U.S., in Canada and Australia.[6]

Mission

Attitudes towards gay and lesbian believers in mainstream congregations varies; some seek to be welcoming however non-affirming, others generally approving of homosexual unions. The Orthodox Church's teaching is that same-sex relations are sinful in the same manner as all heterosexual practice outside of marriage. Axios also professes that members' "sexuality and love are God given and healthy,"[1] but denies any morally significant distinction ceteris paribus between heterosexual and homosexual expressions.

See also

Further reading

  • Sexual Orientation and Gender Expression in Social Work Practice: Working with Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender People by Deana F. Morrow and Lori Messinger ISBN 0-231-12728-6[7]
  • Christian Science: Its Encounter with Lesbian/Gay America by Bruce Stores ISBN 0-595-77425-3[8]
  • Coming Out in Christianity by Melissa M. Wilcox ISBN 0-253-21619-2[9]

Sources

  • Homosexuality in the Orthodox Church, by Justin R. Cannon[10]
  • God Forbid: Religion and Sex in American Public Life by Kathleen M. Sands ISBN 0-19-512162-7[11]

References

  1. 1 2 Siker, Jeffrey S. (2007). Homosexuality and religion. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-313-33088-9.
  2. ↑ Kittredge Cherry; Zalmon O. Sherwood (1995). "Appendix: National Lesbian/Gay Christian Organizations". Equal Rites: Lesbian and Gay Worship, Ceremonies, and Celebrations. Westminster John Knox Press. p. 165. ISBN 978-0-664-25535-0.
  3. ↑ "Axios DC". metroweekly.com. Metro Weekly. Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
  4. ↑ "RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY". atlantagaychamber.com. Atlanta Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. Archived from the original on 2007-12-10. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
  5. ↑ "LGBT National Spiritual Resources" (PDF). usf.edu. University of South Florida. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
  6. ↑ "AXIOS - Eastern and Orthodox Gay and Lesbian Christians". axios.org. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
  7. ↑ Deana F. Morrow; Lori Messinger (2006). Sexual orientation and gender expression in social work practice (illustrated ed.). Columbia University Press. p. 513. ISBN 978-0-231-12728-8.
  8. ↑ Stores, Bruce (2002). Christian Science: Its Encounter with Lesbian/Gay America. iUniverse. ISBN 978-0-595-77425-8.
  9. ↑ Wilcox, Melissa M. (2003). Coming out in Christianity (illustrated ed.). Indiana University Press. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-253-21619-9.
  10. ↑ Cannon, Justin R. "Homosexuality in the Orthodox Church". gayorthodox.com. Archived from the original on 2010-01-26. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
  11. ↑ Sands, Kathleen M. (2000). God forbid: religion and sex in American public life. Oxford University Press US. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-19-512162-9.
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