1. HOMOSEXUALITY AND RELIGION

2. RUSSELL BRAND AND THE WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=OBA6QLHW8PO

3. PREACHING HATE? “IN THE BEGINNING THERE WAS ADAM AND EVE NOT ADAM AND STEVE” ISSUES WITH THIS TYPE OF ATTITUDE? THERE IS SOME DEBATE ABOUT HOW RELEVANT RULES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT ARE TO CHRISTIANS. SOME WOULD SAY THEY ARE BINDING, SINCE JESUS SAID HE DID NOT COME TO ABOLISH THE OLD LAWS. LEVITICUS 18:22 YOU SHALL NOT LIE WITH A MALE AS WITH A WOMAN; IT IS AN ABOMINATION. LEVITICUS 18:22 AN ANTI-GAY POSITION WOULD BE THAT THIS LINE IS UNAMBIGUOUS. IT IS ALSO REPEATED ELSEWHERE IN THE BOOK. THE SPEAKER OF THE WORDS IS GOD, SO THIS IS AN EXPLICIT INDICATION THAT HOMOSEXUALITY IS WRONG IN GOD'S EYES. A PRO-GAY ARGUMENT MIGHT SAY THAT OTHER VERSES IN THE SAME BOOK FORBID A WIDE RANGE OF SEXUAL ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING HAVING SEX WITH A WOMAN WHO IS HAVING HER PERIOD. THIS IS AN INDICATION THAT THE PASSAGE EMBODIES SPECIFIC CULTURAL VALUES RATHER THAN GOD'S LAW.

4. PREACHING HATE LEVITICUS 20:13: ‘IF A MAN LIE WITH A MAN, AS HE LIETH WITH A WOMAN, BOTH OF THEM HAVE COMMITTED AN ABOMINATION: THEY SHALL SURELY BE PUT TO DEATH; THEIR BLOOD SHALL BE UPON THEM’ GENESIS 19:7-8: "I BEG YOU, MY BROTHERS, NOT TO DO THIS WICKED THING. I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS WHO HAVE NEVER HAD INTERCOURSE WITH MEN. LET ME BRING THEM OUT TO YOU, AND YOU MAY DO TO THEM AS YOU PLEASE. BUT DON'T DO ANYTHING TO THESE MEN."

5. LOVE THE SINNER HATE THE SIN HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=XWVWGITYWIS

6. WHAT WOULD JESUS DO? MATTHEW 22:36-39 STATES: "TEACHER, WHICH COMMANDMENT IN THE LAW IS THE GREATEST?" HE SAID TO HIM, "YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD, YOUR GOD, WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND. THIS IS THE GREATEST AND THE FIRST COMMANDMENT. THE SECOND IS LIKE IT: YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR AS YOURSELF."

7. WHAT WOULD JESUS DO? GENESIS 1:27 – ‘SO GOD CREATED MANKIND IN HIS OWN IMAGE, IN THE IMAGE OF GOD HE CREATED THEM’ MATTHEW 7:3 - "WHY DO YOU LOOK AT THE SPECK OF SAWDUST IN YOUR BROTHER'S EYE AND PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE LOG IN YOUR OWN EYE?”

8. IS THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH SOFTENING? HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=6PTO0CFI_2U

9. BUDDHISM AND HOMOSEXUALITY FIRST THE BUDDHIST IDEAL IS ABSTINENCE – IT IS A MONASTIC FAITH, LAY PEOPLE ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PRACTICE ABSTINENCE EXCEPT FOR A LIMITED TIME WHEN DEVOTING THEMSELVES TO PRAYER ILLICIT PARTNERS ARE NOT ALLOWED– CHILDREN, ANOTHER’S PARTNER, THOSE UNDER THE CARE OF PARENTS YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR – IT IS NOT TO HARM ANYONE ELSE, MUST HAVE A CONCERN FOR THE OTHER, IF ONE IS ONLY LOOKING TO SATISFY ONESELF THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. THEREFOR IT DOES NOT MATTER IF ONE IS HOMOSEXUAL THEY BELIEVE IN REBIRTH. YOU ARE BORN MANY TIMES AS BOTH MALE AND FEMALE SO MAY FEEL BORN IN WRONG BODY OR HAVE DIFFERING SEXUAL PREFERENCES NOT A CHOICE ONE IS BORN THAT WAY SO IT MAKES AS MUCH SENSE AS JUDGING FOR HAIR COLOUR THEY ALSO HAVE NO ISSUES WITH SAME SEX MARRIAGE. IT IS PURELY A CIVIL CEREMONY AND NOT RELIGIOUS

10. ORTHODOX RABBI’S DISCUSS HOMOSEXUALITY HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=PJCKGZ1G9DO