Twitter Outrage at the Church of England's Views on Sex

Two of the three main Abrahamic world religions have taught for years that sex is for marriage and that marriage is the union of one man and one woman. (For most of human history, society did not define people by their dominant sexual desires, and the word “heterosexual” did not appear in print until 1892.) Unpopular though these and other ancient religious doctrines often are, they’ve never been easier to ignore. Until this week, that is, when the Guardian delivered the news straight from the mouth of Moses that the Church of England considers sex to be “for married heterosexual couples only.” Then, lo! The bowls of Twitter erupted and there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth. But why?