Gay is abomination

People of Jewish faith should "give up their lives" rather than follow new government guidelines to teach children about LGBT relationships, an ultra-orthodox Jewish judge has said. He was speaking in response to guidance issued this year requiring school curriculums to teach an awareness of LGBT issues.

The Bible on Homosexual Behavior

Lings discovers that the text is not self-explanatoryin contrast to the version of most commentators. The Hebrew text is far more complex than English translators disclose. He builds on the work of David Stewart and the idea that this passage is really about male on male incest.

Leviticus 18:22

Though unable to produce children, some were notorious for sexual exploits, heterosexual and homosexual. Paul is writing to ensure that the Roman believers will welcome him and his preaching when he comes and not be put off by his critics. As typical, Paul begins with common ground: the faith they affirm together Rom and the sin they together condemn Rom He could have singled out various sins, but he chose to take same-sex relations as his example Rom It represented both to him and to his readers pagan depravity.

Homosexuality in the New Testament

Romans contains perhaps the most explicit condemnation of same-sex behavior in the Bible. Their women exchanged natural intercourse for unnatural, and in the same way also the men, giving up natural intercourse with women, were consumed with passion for one another.