Thread:Comments:Church of England to allow celibate gay bishops/A ten point proposal for lasting progress toward liberty and justice for the queer community

1. Agreement that "I am queer" means "I do not conform to the marriage norm".

2. Agreement that ALL us are queer. None of us conforms perfectly and always. Some people are just more queer than others.

3. Recognition that the "queer community" is defined as those of us who reject the legitimacy of the marriage norm.

4. Affirmation of the critical importance of a vigorous, respectful, and uncensored civic conversation in which all viewpoints can be expressed and will be given due consideration.

5. Agreement that the freedom to speak includes the freedom to promote cultural norms, including the marriage norm, using speech, including rebuke speech.

6. Affirmation that those who engage in rebuke speech are morally obligated to do so with compassion and to avoid targeting individuals.

7. Affirmation that groups which are the subject of rebuke speech must tolerate that speech and respond constructively to it.

8. Commitment to objective, nonpoliticized scientific research into the relative importance of nature / nurture in accounting for queer / normal outcomes in adult males and females.

9. To the extent that individuals become queer due to the "nurture factor", recognition of the legitimate societal interest that exists in developing and promoting the marriage norm.

10. To the extent that individuals become queer due to the "nature factor", commitment to compassion, liberty, and justice with respect to those individuals.