The Christian Church has always taught that "the purpose of the sexual faculty is the expression of married love and the generation of new life in the context of the family. To use the sexual faculty in a way which causes the generation of new life to be impossible is to misuse and is wrong. Genital sexual behavior between two people of the same sex is such misuse and is therefore wrong." This is not the only thing that needs to be taken into consideration though, as there needs to be the distinction between homosexual activity and a homosexual orientation. A true homosexual orientation is that person's principal and permanent sexual orientation and is a spontaneous inclination or physical attraction to others of the same sex. On the other hand, homosexual activity is engaging in genital sexual activity with others of the same sex. The Christian Church considers deliberate homosexual activity wrong and as a misuse. The fact that it is done knowingly and freely makes it a sin. The fundamental Christian truth is that homosexual people enjoy the same human worth as everyone else. They have claimed to the same reverence and respect as all other people. Their orientation does not mean that they give up God's love. Even homosexual activity does not mean they give up God's love, as God offers love and forgiveness of all sins to everyone. The role of the Christian Church and community is that they cannot ignore homosexuals. The Church's ministry should exclude no one. The Church, however, calls homosexuals to chastity and calls the active homosexual to repent for their sins.
             Some people argue that the Church's argument that to create new life is the purpose of the sexual faculties is invalid, and that is narrow and limits human variety and creativity. The Church's response is that "any consistent approach to human nature must imply notions of what is compatible with human nature and what is not. Otherwise the very idea of 'humanity' become...