>>Is the church really silent on this issue?
I can’t and won’t speak of what the RCC is doing, because I’m not Catholic. The mainline Protestant churches (UMC, TEC, PCUSA, ELCA, UCC, ABC, and one other, but I forget what it is) are not only silent, they are actively pursuing culture over scripture to maintain “relevance”. The more hardcore scripture-based denominations are constantly accused of intolerance for their strong stand on biblical morality.
Yeah well, God hates divorce but doesn’t forbid it; and the adultery thing was so fathers could know with certainty who their kids are, after menopause, it doesn’t matter, now does it?
Am I not a different person than I was at age 25? If I now understand that people can relate in a fun supportive way and I don’t have to be a doormat in a relationship, do I have to stay stuck with my torturer?
Orthodox Judaism has the same mores as always. But reform or liberal Judaism accepts ANYTHING just about. They seem to still be fixated on only one main sex partner. And two humans. Abortion ok (sad about it but it’s ok). Whereas the orthodox position on abortion is woefully outdated, where a baby is only a baby once he draws his breath, so they do allow abortion in Judaism, however, a good rabbi will do everything to persuade the woman not to abort. We must choose life. However, in the end, if the mother is devastated and doing very poorly, they will not reject her from the fold if she goes ahead with it.