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== Biblical statements concerning homosexuality =Cultural trend=[[File:Prophet Moses.jpg|thumb|200px|left|The prophet [[Moses]] authored the book of [[Leviticus]] ]]For more information please see: [[Homosexuality and biblical interpretation]] and [[Homosexuality and the Bible]] and [[Atheism and homosexuality]] and [[Atheism and the persecution of homosexuals]] Below are some [[Bible]] verses that condemn homosexuality: * [[Leviticus]] 18:22 - You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.* [[Leviticus]] 20:13 - If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their [[blood]] guiltiness is upon them.* [[Romans]] 1:26-27 - For this reason [[God]] gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error.* [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=I%20Corinthians%206:9;&version=31; I Corinthians 6:9] (NIV) - Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.*[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=I%20Timothy%201:8-11;&version=49; I Timothy 1:8-11 (NASB)] - "But we know that the [[Mosaic Law|Law]] is good, if one uses it lawfully, realizing the fact that law is not made for a righteous person, but for those who are lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and [[sin|sinners]], for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers and immoral men and homosexuals and kidnappers and liars and perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound teaching, according to the glorious [[gospel]] of the blessed [[God]], with which I have been entrusted." __TOC__ ==Gallup Polling====An October 2012 Gallup poll provided unprecedented demographic information about those who identify as LGBT, arriving at the conclusion that 3.4% of all U.S. adults identify as LGBT.<ref name=gallup>{{cite web |url=http://www.gallup.com/poll/158066/special-report-adults-identify-lgbt.aspx |title=Special Report: 3.4% of U.S. Adults Identify as LGBT |last1=Gates |first1=Gary J. |last2=Newport |first2=Frank |date=2012-10-18 |website=[[Gallup]] |publisher= |accessdate=2015-01-13}}</ref> The study is the nation's largest in counting LGBT.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/gallup-survey-claims-34-percent-in-us-are-lgbt |title=Gallup survey claims 3.4 percent in U.S. are LGBT |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date=2012-10-18 |website=[[CBS News]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |accessdate=2015-01-13}}<br>{{cite web |url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/10/18/adults-lesbian-gay-bisexual/1642203 |title=New survey: 3.4% of U.S. adults are LGBT |last1=Jayson |first1=Sharon |last2= |first2= |date=2012-10-19 |website=[[USA Today]] |publisher= |accessdate=2015-01-13}}</ref> Such polling is a strong evidence that If homosexuality is not was genetic, because if it were genetic then it there should not vary by be no distinctions across age , gender, education, and region. The fact that such distinctions exist show homosexuality is not genetic.

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Gallup found that those 18-29 are twice as likely as those 30-49 to identify as LGBT in the United States (6.4% to 3.2%) and over three times as likely as those ages 65 or older. (6.4% to 1.9%) Women are almost twice as likely to be LGBT as men are, 8.3% to 4.6%.<ref name=gallup/> This is strong evidence that homosexuality is a cultural trend rather than genetic.

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The 2012 Gallup study discovered that LGBT identification is greater on the East and West coasts (3.7% and 3.6% resp.) than in the South (3.2%) or Midwest (3.4%).<ref name=gallup/>

== Homosexuality - GeneticsIn 1994, Religious Upbringingthe book ''Sex in America: A definitive survey'' by Robert T. Michael, CultureJohn H. Gagnon, Sexual AbuseEdward O. Laumann, and Choice ==Gina Kolata stated the following:{{Cquote|We discovered that people who were raised in large cities were more likely to be homosexual than people who were raised in suburb, towns, or the countryside. This relationship also showed up in the General Social Survey, an independent national sample.<ref>[http://www.ucmpage.org/articles/jmiles9.html Sex in America: A definitive survey, Robert T. Michael, John H. Gagnon, Edward O. Laumann, and Gina Kolata, Boston, Little, Brown, 1994, page 182]</ref>}}

For more information please seeDr. Neil Whitehead is a research scientist and [[biochemistry|biochemist]] from [[New Zealand]] and his wife Briar Whitehead is a writer.<ref>[http: //www.narth.com/docs/mygenes.html Book Review: My Genes Made Me Do It: A Scientific Look at Sexual Orientation by Neil and Briar Whitehead]</ref> Dr. Whitehead coauthored a book with with his wife entitled ''My Genes Made Me Do it - a scientific look at sexual orientation'' which argues that there is no [[Causes gene]]tic determinism in regards to homosexuality (homosexuals are "not born that way") and that there is abundant documentation that individuals are able to leave homosexuality and become heterosexuals.<ref>http://www.mygenes.co.nz/download.htm</ref> [[File:70810564 64d3a67932.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Homosexuality appears to be rare in [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jews]].]]{{Cquote|There is a much higher incidence of homosexuality among those who have been raised in large cities, rather than in rural areas, arguing that the environment is much more powerful than genes in the development of homosexuality... If homosexuality were significantly influenced by [[gene]]s, it would appear in every culture, but in twenty-nine of seventy-nine cultures surveyed by Ford and Beach in 1952, homosexuality was rare or absent. It was very rare in the Siriono, even though there were no prohibitions on homosexual relationships in that culture. The researcher observed only one man displaying slight homosexual traits but apparently not sexually involved with another man. Homosexualityappears to be rare among [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jews]][Orthodox Judaism forbids homosexuality], so much so that learned rabbis, the interpreters of [[Judaism|Jewish]] law, usually allowed men to sleep in the same bed, because likelihood of sexual contact was considered negligible. [[Alfred Kinsey|Kinsey]] also found very low homosexual incidence among Orthodox Jews.<ref>http://www.mygenes.co.nz/summary.htm</ref>}}

[[Image:325979 dna150.jpg|thumbnail|150px|left|[[Columbia University]] [[psychiatry]] professors Drs. William Byrne and Bruce Parsons stated: "There is no evidence that at present to substantiate a [[biology|biological]] theory. [T]he appeal of current biological explanations for sexual orientation may derive more from dissatisfaction with the present status of [[psychosocial]] explanations than from a substantiating body of experimental data".]]===Terminology=Adoptive brothers====Homosexuality is sometimes also defined in terms of an attraction, preference, orientation, or [[sexual identity|identity]]. The term "orientation" is particularly favored by those who are promoting public acceptance of homosexuality.<ref>"Today a person is often said to have a homosexual or a heterosexual orientation, a description intended to defuse some of the long-standing sentiment among many [[Western World|Westerners]] that homosexuality is immoral or [[Pathology|pathological]]." Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2001-2005 [http://www.bartleby.com/65/ho/homosexu.html]</ref>

===Religious Upbringing and Culture Can Strongly Affect Rates of HomosexualityPersonal Choice===''For more information please see'': [[Religious Upbringing and Culture Affects Rates of Homosexuality]]

Dr. Neil Whitehead is a research scientist and In regards to the issue of [[biochemistryHomosexuality and Choice|biochemisthomosexuality and choice]] from , given the existence of [[New Zealandex-homosexuals]] and his wife Briar Whitehead is a writer.<ref>given the [http://www.narth.com/docs/mygenes.html Book Review: My Genes Made Me Do It: A Scientific Look at Sexual Orientationby Neil and Briar Whitehead]</ref> Dr. Whitehead coauthored a book with with his wife entitled ''My Genes Made Me Do it - a scientific look at sexual orientation'' which argues that there is no [[gene]]tic determinism in regards to homosexuality (homosexuals are "not born that way") Religious Upbringing and that there is abundant documentation that individuals are able to leave homosexuality and become heterosexuals.<ref>http://www.mygenes.co.nz/download.htm</ref> [[File:70810564 64d3a67932.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Culture Affects Rates of Homosexuality appears to be rare in [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jews]].]]Dr. Whitehead and Briar Whitehead declared:{{Cquote|If existence of human cultures where homosexuality were significantly influenced by [[genehas apparently not existed]]s, it would appear the position that homosexuality is ultimately a choice in every culture, but in twenty-nine of seventy-nine cultures surveyed by Ford and Beach in 1952, homosexuality was rare individuals or absent. It was at the very rare least can be a choice in the Sirionoindividuals has strong evidential support. In short, even though there were no prohibitions on homosexual relationships in is a strong argument that culture. The researcher observed only one man displaying slight homosexual traits but apparently not sexually involved with another man. Homosexuality appears to be rare among can [[Orthodox JudaismOvercoming Homosexuality|Orthodox Jews]] [Orthodox Judaism forbids leave homosexuality], so much so that learned rabbis, the interpreters of [[Judaism|Jewish]] law, usually allowed men to sleep in the same bed, because likelihood of sexual contact was considered negligible. [[Alfred Kinsey|Kinsey]] also found very low homosexual incidence among Orthodox Jews...

This evidence comes from missionaries who commonly spend 25 years of their lives living Also, in one culture2012 ABC News reported concerning actress Cynthia Nixon: "Cynthia Nixon stands by her statement that she is gay by choice, far more than almost any anthropologist.despite the backlash she’s received from members of the gay community."<ref>[http://abcnews.go.Overall they com/blogs/entertainment/2012/01/cynthia-nixon-gay-by-choice/ Cynthia Nixon: Gay by Choice?]</ref> In addition, given that the [[Homosexuality and Health|homosexual population has significantly higher rates of many diseases and the homosexual population also has significantly lower rates of various measures of mental health]] it can be considered as reliable witnessesstrongly argued that engaging in homosexual acts is a bad choice for individuals. For example, in contrast to groups like the Sambia Another factor that makes engaging in homosexual acts a bad choice for individuals is the significantly higher rates of [[New GuineaHomosexual Couples and Domestic Violence|domestic violence in homosexual couples]] highlands. In addition, where homosexuality was compulsory, only about 2-3 percent of Western Dani (also in the New Guinea highlands) practiced itaccording to experts [[Homosexuality and Murders|homosexual murders are relatively or quite common and often homosexual murders are very brutal]]. However Also, the [[Homosexuality and Illegal Drug Use|homosexual population has a greater propensity to engage in another group illegal drug use]]. A 2003 poll done by Ellison Research of Dani who were genetically related[[Phoenix]], [[Arizona]] stated that 82% of all [[United States|American]] [[Protestantism|Protestant]] ministers agreed with the statement “homosexuality is a choice people make".<ref>[http://www.greymatterresearch.com/index_files/Homosexuality.htm Opinions about homosexuality was totally unknown- Grey Matter Consulting]</ref> == Biblical statements concerning homosexuality ==[[File:Prophet Moses. 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William Byrne and Bruce Parsons stated: "There is no evidence that if three such different experiences at present to substantiate a [[biology|biological]] theory. [T]he appeal of homosexuality can occur current biological explanations for sexual orientation may derive more from dissatisfaction with the present status of [[psychosocial]] explanations than from a substantiating body of experimental data".]] ===Terminology===Homosexuality is sometimes also defined in groups terms of people so closely related geneticallyan attraction, genetically enforced homosexuality preference, orientation, or [[sexual identity|identity]]. The term "orientation" is an impossibilityparticularly favored by those who are promoting public acceptance of homosexuality.<ref>"Today a person is often said to have a homosexual or a heterosexual orientation, a description intended to defuse some of the long-standing sentiment among many [[Western World|Westerners]] that homosexuality is immoral or [[Pathology|pathological]]." Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2001-2005 [http://www.mygenesbartleby.co.nzcom/download65/ho/homosexu.htm My Genes Made Me Do it - a scientific look at sexual orientation by Dr Neil Whitehead and Briar Whitehead - Chapter 6html]</ref>}}