As I read in today’s Guardian, Lib Dem MP Layla Moran has come out as “pansexual”. Asked to define the term, she said: “Pansexuality, to me, means it doesn't matter about the physical attributions of the person you fall in love with, it's about the person themselves. It doesn't matter if they're a man or a woman or gender non-conforming, it doesn't matter if they identify as gay or not. In the end, these are all things that don't matter - the thing that matters is the person, and that you love the person”.
According to the LGBT Foundation, “Being bisexual means being attracted to more than one gender, while being pansexual means being attracted to people regardless of gender. Pansexuality is included under the bisexual umbrella, which covers anyone who experiences sexual or romantic attraction to more than one gender."
Sexual orientation is getting ever more complex these days, and and I’m not sure I’m keeping up with developments. But one thing I do know: what people get up to, in a consensual relationship, is no business of mine. I can happily leave the judgement of other people’s sexuality - and sexual behaviour - to the religiously affiliated, who seem happy to oblige.
After two years of wrangling over the validity of same-sex marriage, leaders of the United Methodist church - America’s second-largest Protestant denomination - have announced plans to split the church in two: pro-gay and anti-gay. Churches have traditionally found it easier to break than bend; splits and schisms have been a common feature of the last 2,000 years. This explains how we now have 40,000 denominations which call themselves Christian… all convinced that they - and only they - have unique access to the truth…
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