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Let\u2019s\u00a0imagine everyone has two boxes, one in which they place all the sexual acts they believe are\u00a0wrong<\/em>, and the other in which they place all the sexual acts they believe are\u00a0okay<\/em>. Not only do conservatives and progressives divide acts differently between the two boxes, they also label the two boxes differently. (I\u2019ve already discussed this illustration\u00a0in posts on political rhetoric regarding gay marriage<\/a> and evangelical views of rape<\/a>, but I wanted to set it on its own for those who may want to link to it.)<\/p>\n

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We could add boxes for the Catholic view, which, rather than simply being based on what God directly commands or forbids, is based on \u201cNatural Law\u201d and holds that sex must be both procreative and unitive (thus marital sex using birth control would go in the \u201cnot okay\u201d box because it separates sex from its procreative purpose and rape would go in the \u201cnot okay\u201d box because it is not unitive). Furthermore, members of progressive religious schools of thought may subdivide the \u201cconsensual\u201d box into what is permitted or not permitted by their religious beliefs. In many ways, then, the illustration above serves as a starting point for discussion, not a be-all end-all.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"