Wonderful Gift and Awesome Responsibility

The message of sex as a expression of love is very evident in this article.  The bishop talks about how people blame the church for making the word "sex" very dirty and impure.  We are created in God's image and likeness. If God created us and sex, then why would it be impure? I have now learned that the church has a very open view of sex.  Of course the Church stands behind the statement of no sex before marriage, however; the bishop explained that sex is an extension of marriage or "unitive".  The church does not label sex as a "bad" or "impure".  Rather, the church explains that sex is a very human thing to do.  God wanted us to have sex.  The church just wants the act to be between a married couple (male and female).  I was disappointed in how the church labeled the homosexual sexual orientation.  They are accepting of homosexuals but not homosexual activity.  I was confused on what the church wanted to accomplish by stating this.  How is homosexuality accepted in the church if the act of homosexual intercourse is a sin?  All in all, I do see clearly now that the church did not intend to make the act of sex a "dirty" action.  They wanted to make sure that sex was between a male and a female who are in love and are ready to commit to each other for the rest of their lives.