RELIGION AND HOMOSEXUALITY

There is nothing in the Bible which indicates that homosexuality, as such, is to be condemned as evil. The references, in context, imply that those condemned are heterosexuals who turn to homosexuality for ritual reasons or for novelty, not those who have always been homosexual.

However, Christian teaching over the centuries has emphasized the evil, unnatural aspect of homosexuality and has encouraged, by this, the belief that homosexuality is a sin. This has induced people to react to homosexuality and to homosexuals with fear and disgust.

The disgust shows in the spate of stories about homosexuals in which the stereotype is a mincing, limp-wristed, lisping figure of fun. The fear shows in the oppression of homosexuals, from persecution at the authoritarian end of the spectrum, through discrimination, to tolerance – but not acceptance – at the humanitarian end.

Some psychiatrists suggest that those who demand the harshest penalties for homosexuals and who most fear homosexuality are themselves repressing their own homosexual tendencies. These are the men who are authoritarian and usually conservative. In early life they have identified strongly with a strict father and most of their attitudes derive from him. They uphold class distinctions and traditions; they believe in toughness and discipline in education;
they pronounce on the sanctity of family life (although their covert behaviour often belies their pronouncements); they deplore the sexual permissiveness and the disrespect of youth, and they abhor homosexuality.

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