Gay abomination
Rev. Dr. Nadine Rosechild Sullivan, Ph.D. is an ordained interfaith minister and registered CHT (Certified Hypnotherapist), with sociological practice and over 20 years experience in helping guide people to their have best wisdom (counseling).
Her focus is on the wisdom innate in the individual human spirit and her research has been conducted at the intersection of spirituality and sexuality. She also consults and educates on issues of diversity, helping companies acquire and retain diverse staff that carry out well as a team.
She is an experienced teacher and practitioner of the principles of possibility thinking. She will work with you (spirit, soul, and mind) to support you create the self and the life you long for. She can aide you facilitate switch in long-standing habits and challenges, tune into your higher knowing, and intentionally create the improve life you envision.
She offers confidential, non-judgmental counseling in person, by phone, and online.
LGBTIQ affirming
http://rosechild.org/
________________________________________________
Ph.D. Sociology, 2011 (Temple University)
Graduate Certificate: Women's Studies
M.A. Sociology, 2004 (Temple University)
Concentr
LGBT teaching an abomination, Jewish judge says
BBC News
People of Jewish faith should "give up their lives" rather than follow new government guidelines to educate children about LGBT relationships, an ultra-orthodox Jewish judge has said.
Gavriel Krausz described LGBT relationships as an "abomination".
He was speaking in response to guidance issued this year requiring school curriculums to teach an awareness of LGBT issues.
The comments own been condemned by Jewish and LGBT organisations.
Mr Krausz is a retired Jewish judge, known as a dayan, who was involved with Manchester Beth Din, a body which oversees matters of Jewish family statute and other issues within the Jewish community.
Manchester has a gay village area and hosts an annual Pride celebration.
Mr Krausz was angered by an Ofsted decision to provide Beis Yaakov, an orthodox Jewish girls' school in neighbouring Salford, a "requires improvement" rating partly because pupils were not being taught about sexual orientation and gender persona.
As reported in the Jewish Chronicle, it prompted him to send leaflets to Je
Leviticus 18:22
“You shall not falsehood with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.”[1] It is not a surprise that this verse seems to say that same-sex attracted male sex is forbidden in the eyes of God. The dominant view of western Christianity forbids same-sex relations. This verse is one of the clobber passages that people cite from the Bible to condemn homosexuality. This essay first looks at the various ways the verse is translated into the English Bible and then explores some of the strategies used to create an affirming translation of what this alley means for the LGBTQ community. More specifically, it presents the interpretation of K. Renato Lings in which Lev. 18:22 refers to male-on-male incest.
While Lev. 18:22 is used to condemn homosexuality, we must realize that the word “homosexuality” was only recently coined in the English language. So did this term exist in ancient Israel? Charles D. Myers, Jr. confirms that none of the prophets in the Hebrew Bible note homosexuality.[2] He also contends that in ancient Israel same-sex relations were viewed as an ancient Proximate East problem. The ancient Near East tradition included pederasty and relations between an older man and
But for many LGBTQ Christians, the Bible can sense like the enemy. In the Book of Leviticus homosexuality is called an “abomination” (18:22; 20:13). And although Jesus never explicitly condemns homosexuality, thought he could have (he is hard on divorce, for example), St. Paul does (1 Cor 6:9-10). The few biblical verses that address homosexuality are used against LGBTQ people over and over: in the political sphere; by religious leaders; on social media; in one-on-one encounters; and, perhaps worst of all, in homilies and sermons in the very churches where LGBTQ people explore to encounter a loving God.
By the same token, the Bible proscribes many laws, moral codes and ethical guidelines that modern-day Christians ignore, don’t obey or have rejected completely. For example, even though they honor the Ancient Testament, Christians don’t stone people who work on the Sabbath (Ex. 35:2). We don’t sell people into slavery (Ex. 21:7). And if someone curses God, we don’t complete them (Lev. 24:10-16). In the New Testament, St. Paul told slaves to be obedient to their masters (Eph. 6:25-29). He also said that women should be silent in churches (1 Cor 14:34). A now-famous online response to
Explore further
It's vital to remember that God’s blueprint for sexuality is interwoven throughout Scripture, from Genesis to Revelation. These resources will help you set the specific mentions of homosexuality in the wider biblical framework of teaching on sex.
Specific mentions of homosexuality
It is a surprise to many people to discover that there are only a handful of passages in the Bible that directly mention same-sex relationships. Yet despite its infrequent state, where the subject does come up, the Bible has some very important things to say about it. We need to realize them if we’re to avoid the twin mistakes of homophobia and thinking God is indifferent about how we use our sexuality.
The first two passages that directly refer homosexuality come from the Old Testament, the other three are from the New Testament.
1. Genesis 19
Sodom has grow so associated with gay conduct that its call was for many years a byword for it. But is ‘sodomy’ really what Sodom is about?
The account describes the men of the capital attempting to forcibly acquire sex with two innocent visitors to the urban area, who have ap