Maybe we should vote no? Reason #1

Reason #1 to vote no on Overtures 23 and 37:  There is complete unity in the PCA about what Jesus teaches about sexual ethics. 

Every officer (TE, RE, and Deacon) agrees that all sex outside of a marriage between one man and one woman is against Scripture and against God’s design for human flourishing. Every officer agrees that lust is adultery in the heart (Matthew 5:28), it is sin, and it should be repented of.

Every officer (no matter their sexual desires or temptations) agrees that the life that Jesus calls all Christians to live is one of sexual holiness. The will of God for all believers is our sanctification, that we all abstain from sexual immorality; that each of us know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God (1 Thessalonians 4:3-5). All the officers in the PCA who experience same sex attraction believe this. This is a black and white issue in Scripture and in the Westminster Standards.

The BCO changes from Overture 23 and 37 should be rejected because they go beyond this Scriptural standard and they impose a standard of language-policing that is guilty of legalism. It is fine for someone to determine for themselves that they do not want to share the kinds of temptation they experience. But it is not acceptable for one person to disqualify another because he chooses to be honest about the kind of temptation he experiences, ESPECIALLY when the temptation is surrendered to Jesus and not acted upon.

The love of Jesus is powerful enough so that we don't have to split over this. We should welcome each other in the family of God and celebrate the work that God is doing through each of us.

Here are my posts that go further into the reasons to vote no on the PCA Overtures:
A Vision
Reason #1
Reason #2
Reason #3
Reason #4
Reason #5
Reason #6
Reason #7