by KIY » August 16th, 2015, 10:18 am
I am not an expert on religion, but from my understanding the condemnation against homosexuality goes back to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah and their use of anal rape as punishment. In that case it makes more sense that God was upset about the "rape" part than the "anal" part. At some point us humans (at least I assume whoever might be reading this is human...) got confused and decided God is okay with rape, but two folks of the same sex going at it is wrong.
Rape is a violent act, so to me it makes sense to condemn it. Being attracted to someone of the same gender is not, nor is having sex with someone of the same gender is not-- or, at least, is not inherently so. So, the way I see it, as long as the sex is between two informed, consenting adults, why should it be condemned? (Of course, if one of the pair is supposedly loyally married to a third person, then it really isn't between two people-- but that is infidelity, which is separate from the act of sex itself.)
In any event (and before I stray into politics), this whole topic seems to be one a person should work out for themselves and their religion. I am more concerned with Global Climate Change than I am with who my neighbor is or is not having sex with.