Throughout our history, the Student Christian Movement has long drawn controversy because of our prophetic stands for justice for all - whether it was the rights of workers, women, immigrants or people of colour.
No less controversial has been our support for the rights of LGBT people (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender - also referred to as ‘queer’). Not only do we welcome LGBT students into our movement, but we see diverse sexualities as gifts from God and thus essential to a justice movement rooted in our faith.
Dialogue is important, particularly on issues that tend to divide Christians. Please read more about why we feel this is a Christian faith issue in our Queer & Christian Without Contradiction campaign and feel free to leave comments on any page or in the forums.
The policy below, SCM’s Resolution on Sexuality & Homophobia, is associated with our Anti-Oppression Covenant, which recognizes that all forms of oppression are linked and interdependent.
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RESOLUTION ON SEXUALITY & HOMOPHOBIA
WHEREAS because we in the Student Christian Movement believe:
that sexuality implies a whole way of being;
that sexism is an assault on the physical and emotional well-being of
women;
that sexism pervades our economic, social, political, and religious
structures;
that like sexism, heterosexism does violence to gay, lesbian,
bisexual and transgendered people;
that all of us, men and women, gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans or heterosexual
experience alienation because of sexism and heterosexism;
that at the same time , we are all incarnations of God and that our
sexual and spiritual lives merge into holiness when we seek right relations;
AND THUS AS A MOVEMENT WE PLEDGE…
to struggle to overcome sexism and heterosexism in all aspects of
society;
to challenge each other within the SCM to be in right relation;
to express with creativity and passion our conviction that women and
men are fully equal;
to affirm the holiness found in the diversity of ways we express our
sexualities;
and to proclaim that all of our body-selves are precious aspects of
God
Adopted at National Council May 1990
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