| Pagan attitudes to.... | |
| Sex between consenting teenagers | OK as long as they use contraception |
| Sex between an adult and a teenager | Unacceptable (difference of power) |
| Premarital sex | Blessed ("All acts of love and pleasure are My rituals") |
| Extramarital sex | Only if both parties to the marriage agree to it |
| Divorce | It's a fact of life (and is provided for in the wording of the handfasting ceremony) |
| Masturbation | Fine |
| Abortion | Most Pagans are pro-choice |
| Contraceptives | Encouraged |
| Married clergy | Married, single, we're not fussy |
| Female clergy | Yay! Priestesses are everywhere |
| Homosexual orientation | Blessed (fabulous actually) |
| Homosexual sex acts | Blessed ("All acts of love and pleasure are My rituals") |
| Same-sex weddings | Marvellous |
| Ordination of homosexuals | Lovely (you just try and stop 'em) |
It would be interesting to know if there was any difference between different Pagan traditions on any of these issues.
1 comment:
1994--The days of the dinosaurs in internet time.
But fairly recent in the growth of Paganism. I mean, there were lots of trads, schools, and movements by 1994, lots of differences and diversity.
Sexual ethics was, to be sure, one realm of difference and diversity.
Even your list probably has lots of points of dispute. Circa 1994.
What about, I wonder, 1954? 1964? 1974?
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