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| − | In 1996, homosexual scientist Simon LeVay stated that the evidence pointed to isolated acts, not to homosexuality: | + | In 1996, even homosexual scientist Simon LeVay stated that the evidence pointed to isolated acts, not to homosexuality: |
| − | Although homosexual behavior is very common in the animal world, it seems to be very uncommon that individual animals have a long-lasting predisposition to engage in such behavior to the exclusion of heterosexual activities. Thus, a homosexual orientation, if one can speak of such thing in animals, seems to be a rarity.[http://www.narth.com/docs/animalmyth.html] | + | "Although homosexual behavior is very common in the animal world, it seems to be very uncommon that individual animals have a long-lasting predisposition to engage in such behavior to the exclusion of heterosexual activities. Thus, a homosexual orientation, if one can speak of such thing in animals, seems to be a rarity."[http://www.narth.com/docs/animalmyth.html] |
In addition, Dr. Antonio Pardo, Professor of Bioethics at the University of Navarre, Spain, wrote: | In addition, Dr. Antonio Pardo, Professor of Bioethics at the University of Navarre, Spain, wrote: | ||
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Homosexuality is a sexual attraction between members of the same sex.
Contents
Biblical Views on Homosexuality
Homosexuality has three references in the Bible; it is not a topic mentioned by Jesus in the four gospels, and the only reference in the New Testament is in the letters of Paul.
All references in Amplified Version
Old Testament
- Leviticus 18:22 - You shall not lie with a man as with a woman; it is an abomination.
- Leviticus 20:13 - If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
New Testament (Epistles)
- 1 Corinthians 6:9 - Do you not know that the unrighteous and the wrongdoers will not inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived (misled): neither the impure and immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who participate in homosexuality
- Romans 1:26-27 - 26 For this reason God gave them over and abandoned them to vile affections and degrading passions. For their women exchanged their natural function for an unnatural and abnormal one, 27 and the men also turned from natural relations with women and were set ablaze (burning out, consumed) with lust for one another--men committing shameful acts with men and suffering in their own bodies and personalities the inevitable consequences and penalty of their wrong-doing and going astray, which was [their] fitting retribution.
Homosexuality and Marriage
The American Psychiatric Association de-listed homosexuality as a mental disorder in 1973.[1] Since that time, homosexuals have advocated for recognition of their civil rights and for equal protection under the law.
Legal marriage between same-sex couples is now recognized in several European nations as well as in Canada, South Africa and Massachusetts. In some other states such as Connecticut a more limited recognition of same-sex relationships is available, called a "civil union". Many other states have passed constitutional amendments banning recognition of same-sex marriages performed anywhere and some groups have pushed for Constitutional amendment barring the legal recognition of same-sex marriages.
Homosexuality in Nature
In 1996, even homosexual scientist Simon LeVay stated that the evidence pointed to isolated acts, not to homosexuality:
"Although homosexual behavior is very common in the animal world, it seems to be very uncommon that individual animals have a long-lasting predisposition to engage in such behavior to the exclusion of heterosexual activities. Thus, a homosexual orientation, if one can speak of such thing in animals, seems to be a rarity."[2]
In addition, Dr. Antonio Pardo, Professor of Bioethics at the University of Navarre, Spain, wrote:
Properly speaking, homosexuality does not exist among animals.... For reasons of survival, the reproductive instinct among animals is always directed towards an individual of the opposite sex. Therefore, an animal can never be homosexual as such. Nevertheless, the interaction of other instincts (particularly dominance) can result in behavior that appears to be homosexual. Such behavior cannot be equated with an animal homosexuality. All it means is that animal sexual behavior encompasses aspects beyond that of reproduction.[3]
References
The Animal Homosexuality Myth by Luiz Sérgio Solimeo
