Homosexuality and religion

... they remain celibate. Islam is one of the religions that have an answer on the subject and don't have to many people contradicting what it was they have decided. The view on the subject by the Islamic religion is that homosexuality is wrong and heterosexuality is right. The Islam religion feels this way because they feel that a man is not born gay but becomes one ... gender or sexual orientation. They have also voted in favor of allowing same-sex civil marriages. Buddhism is the religion that is most pro-gay in comparison to the other major world religions. According to Buddhism they do...

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... respect that. If the denomination feels that homosexuality is a sin, then homosexuals should not practice that religion. There is reference in the bible against homosexual preference such as fornication, so the church's views should not be altered due to protest. Heterosexual people have the same right to not allow homosexuality practices within the church. Some churches allow homosexuality, and some do not, I feel that we ... same right reserved to remain against homosexuality. Homosexuals should not try to change a denominations opinion because it is not fair for the heterosexual. In ...

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... the U.S , not to put restrains and obstacles in his way. That is, the trends of the U.S are encouraging new ideas, thoughts, believes, and ,in turn, different life styles. As a result, there is freedom their, not just in religion, but to question the religion, and the law. In recent years, politicians were arguing the right way to deal with homosexuality in a democratic country. David In ... discussing the history of homosexuality in the Middle East it is obvious that this kind ... of practice is prohibited by the Quran and certain religious hadith (sayings by Prophet Mohammed ... ...

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... gays are extremely immoral" writes Mohr. He argues however, that just because society deems homosexuality to be immoral doesn't make it immoral. He backs up his reasoning by giving the example of Nazi Germany. How Nazi society deemed people of the Jewish religion to be immoral and eventually have them killed because of what they believed in. This does not make it ... just. Society cannot determine what is moral or immoral just as religion cannot either. Mohr explains by proving that people take what they want out of religion and specifically the bible and use it to show that homosexuali...

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... 20:13, it states that a man who has intercourse with another man must be put to death. The Bible does not recognize homosexuality as biologically constitutional, genetic, or hereditary, but sees its root in the sinful nature of man. Homosexuality is a personal issue that deals with the preference of adult, sexual gender. A person's sexuality should not be linked with their ... would not survive as very few societies around the world have been able to maintain a pure religious society.. Each religious group teaches its followers that it is the one and only true religion. This practice the...

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... , along with question #6 consisted of basic demographic information including age, gender and community type. The next set of questions inquires about the students' beliefs and preferences including sexual preference, religion and denomination. Questions 7 and 10 are the foundational questions of this research study; for these questions are specifically geared towards the students' perceptions of homosexuality. Finally, questions 8 and 9 reflect somewhat on the genetics or scientific aspect of ... homosexuality in asking about heredity and consideration of homosexuality being a mental di...

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... 's doing. God created the good in the world but people misuse creation, so life becomes hard. Genesis is a lesson about religion, God's way and our sin, not a lesson about sexual orientation. Nothing in those two chapters suggests that heterosexuality, in contrast to homosexuality, was a concern in the author's mind. People may argue that it is not what the Bible says, but what it ... families, separated from their children, fired from their jobs, and beaten and killed in the streets. All this is done in the name of religion and supposed Christian morality. This is the behavior that the ...

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... world since a same-sex couple cannot reproduce. Many of these same people also dismiss homosexual marriages as just an untried social experiment and nothing more. Homosexuality will eventually just go away after these people see how gay marriage can't possibly work. The majority of people who are against the ... gay marriages all have these same reasons for not allowing it in the United States. Many churches believe that homosexuals do not make good parents and that homosexuality is forbidden by the Bible. A Christian church in California believes that "same-sex couples aren't the optimu...

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... goals more easily attainable" (Corvino 111). This may all be true, but the fact is that no real empirical evidence of the origin of homosexuality and or causes has been noted. When one's particular religion and or faith comes into play, the idea of being gay or lesbian seems to be very uncomfortable. "One of the oldest myths in the modern western tradition is ... that homosexuality is evil: a sin, a disease, and a crime, whether against society or against nature; an abnormal lifeway that creates hypersexual and selfish delinquents, fiendish vampires, and monsters on the edge of ... for...

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