Coming soon to a church near you: Erotic Justice

The Anglican Church of Canada tirelessly proclaims its gospel of social justice. In reality, however, the Canadian Anglican Church is rapidly progressing – or regressing, depending on one’s perspective – from social justice to erotic justice. The term has not been adopted by any Anglican dioceses yet but – it’s coming. I expect the Diocese of New Westminster will be the first with its lapdog, Niagara, eagerly following.

Marvin M. Ellison, a gay Professor of Christian Ethics at Bangor Theological Seminary, has written a number of books on the subject, one of which is entitled Erotic Justice. In the book, he argues that sexual expression should be liberated from “frameworks of control” like marriage: eroticism is a good in and of itself. Sexuality, he says, has become intertwined with ableism (yes there is such a thing), racism, sexism and heterosexism. It’s all Christianity’s fault, of course, so because of its “sex-negativity and moralistic, controlling bent with respect to sexual expression, traditional Christian teachings must be critiqued”

Well, you get the picture: sex with anyone or anything in any combination is intrinsically good. When I was growing up in the 60s I remember this concept well; except it wasn’t tarted up with bogus theological justifications. We called it screwing around.

3 thoughts on “Coming soon to a church near you: Erotic Justice

  1. We’re the problem

    What comes to mind is Canon Gene Robinson Bishop of New Hampshire and his documentary Love free or die is adopted from the motto for New Hampshire Live free or die.

    He mentioned that, ‘the organized religions, they’re the -problem-!’

    I think religions can bring organization and stability into ones’ lives.

  2. This simply proves that Satan’s generals work almost without restraint among what should be fortresses for the Gospel. We have witnessed this and continue to see this within the ACoC and the Evangelical Lutheran Church — not the Lutheran Churches aligned with the Missouri Synod as they are strong defenders of the faith as is the ANIC.
    As Christians we are called to defend the faith and that means speaking strongly against these generals of Satan regardless of the colour of their shirt.

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