What The Bible Says

I thought this article was well written and thought out. A lot of my life, especially childhood, dealt with the pain of being told that I was an abomination to God. In my heart, I knew that I wasn’t. I knew that I was being the best person I could be. I just wish the rest of America would really stop to think about us a bit more. They read their selected passages from the Bible and try to make us into monsters. Yet, all around them, they know gay people, but they just don’t make the connection.

As the writer said, “...there are 362 admonishments towards heterosexuals but only six towards homosexuals. With that said, the admonishments surrounding homosexuals are mere interpretations of biblical text.”

Still, most people will gloss right over that and stick with what they have been told - that gays are an abomination and should be treated as such. As an uncle told my brother in reference to me, “He is worthy of death.” My uncle knows me. I frequently saw him and was at his house with his wife and his children as I grew up. I am roughly the same age as his children. Yet, when he found out that I am a homosexual, all of that went right out the window. A judgement was made.

It’s sad - not so much for all the grief we are put through because of it, but more because so much time and energy is spent trying to lead happy, productive lives, despite the hostility we face day in and day out. We do pretty well, considering what we are up against.

The Bible is filled with verses condemning “sin” in general. And I agree that many of these “sins” are wrong and punishable. But to say as Leviticus 20:13 states “If a man lie with another man as he lie with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they should surely be put to death”-ridiculous. Yes I do believe I just called something out of the Bible ridiculous, let me explain.

This passage was taken from the part of the Bible that contains the Jewish Holiness Code, which were laws enforcing and protecting holiness. However this holiness code also permits polygamy, prohibits sexual intercourse when a woman has her period, bans tattoos and bans wearing clothes that are made from a blend of textiles (cotton/polyester blend). Why is it that the only part of the holiness code that we still choose to follow today is the part on homosexuality?

Sodomy is another word that often comes up when discussing homosexuals and their sexual acts. The funny thing is sodomy has nothing to do with homosexuals. [...]

Not once is homosexuality mentioned anywhere near the story of Sodom. Yet the sexual relationships that homosexuals have are still surrounded by that one word, “sodomy.”

In all actuality, there are 362 admonishments towards heterosexuals but only six towards homosexuals. With that said, the admonishments surrounding homosexuals are mere interpretations of biblical text. (source)