Homosexual Christians 'deserve compassion'

HOMOSEXUAL, bisexual and transsexual people should be treated with "compassion" and as equal Christians, according to a new Church of England guide published yesterday.

The debate about human sexuality is not one that will go away, and Christians must remember that real people "really do have homosexual and bisexual desires", the study Some Issues in Human Sexuality said.

Referring to homosexual, bisexual and transsexual people, it said: "It is likely that they will have encountered misunderstandings or hostility from members of the Christian Church in the past, and, if the Christian gospel is to be meaningful to them, it will need to be incarnated in terms of Christ's love.