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Action within Our Community. It is important that we individually and collectively take action
  • To show respect and extend friendship to all, regardless of sexual orientation, who choose to live a chaste life either inside of marriage or outside of marriage.23
  • To show respect and to extend kindness to those who, regardless of sexual orientation, choose not to live a chaste life. (One can show respect without abandoning one's values.)
  • To support and encourage marriage, by offering friendship and assistance to families in need. All families from time to time need support and encouragement from other family members, friends, and congregations and parishes.
  • To educate young people on the importance of fidelity and commitment in marriage.


23 A couple that engages in sex within a marital relationship, of course, is chaste. One is chaste if he or she does not engage in sex outside of marriage.


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