The "Religious Institute" Calls for More Talk About Sex

Below is an excerpt from Al Mohler's blog on the topic of pastors speaking about sexuality...
http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/mohler/11626280/

More sex in the pulpit? That's the call from the Religious Institute -- a liberal organization that advocates "progressive" understandings of human sexuality. The group has issued a new report, "Spirituality and Religion 2020" that spells out goals for the next decade.

As a Religion Dispatches press release about the report explains, "While conservative pastors preach against homosexuality, pre-marital sex, and abortion, in the nation's more progressive pulpits, church leaders offer little or no guidance regarding human sexuality, leaving their flock without spiritual guidance as they grapple with these often wrenching issues in their private lives."

So, when this group calls for more talk and teaching about sex in the churches, it has in mind a very specific message. In 2000 the Religious Institute issued a "Religious Declaration on Sexual Morality, Justice, and Healing." As the group explains, that document "urged religious leaders and faith communities to promote comprehensive sexuality education, sexual and reproductive health, and the full inclusion of women and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons in religious communities and society at large."

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At this link, liberal church historian Martin Marty gushes over the report from the Religious Institute: ttp://divinity.uchicago.edu/martycenter/publications/sightings/archive_2010/0222.shtml