The Nashville Statement is an evangelical Christian statement of faith relating to human sexuality and gender roles authored by the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW) in Nashville, Tennessee.[1][2][3] The Statement expresses support for marriage between one man and one woman, for faithfulness within marriage, for chastity outside marriage, and for a link between biological sex and "self-conception as male and female".[4] The Statement sets forth the signatories' opposition to LGBT sexuality, same-sex marriage,[1] polygamy, polyamory, adultery, and fornication.[4] It was criticized by egalitarian Christians and LGBT activists,[3][5] and several conservative religious figures.[1]