A group of Quakers issued an essay entitled “Towards a Quaker View of Sex.” It had this to say: “One should no more deplore ‘homosexuality’ than left-handedness. . . . An act which expresses true affection between two individuals and gives pleasure to them both, does not seem to us to be sinful.”⁸⁵

The essay submitted by the Quaker group declares: “It is to him [the apostle Paul], principally, that those wishing to attack homosexuals turn, for there can be no doubt as to his recorded views (I Cor. 6:9, v. 9). His opinions may have been personal ones, however, . . . so that St. Paul’s views are not, in themselves, final.”⁹⁵