1.   But mainstream and liberal religious believers say biblical strictures should be tailored to modern times.

2.   But some conservative Episcopalians said the church court had abandoned biblical strictures in favor of political correctness.

3.   Given the Biblical strictures against homosexuality, it is not surprising that many people see sacrilege in gay marriage ceremonies.

4.   He starts with eighth- and ninth-century Byzantium, when debates about biblical strictures against graven images led to a wholesale destruction of figurative artworks.

5.   The church, while deploring prejudice against gays and lesbians, says that based on biblical strictures the only acceptable sexual relations are between a married man and woman.

6.   Varsbergs argued that whatever biblical strictures could be found against women as members of the clergy were the word of men -- not God.