It is ok to be gay

Is same-sex attraction normal?

Many people who identify as LGBTQI+ (the acronym stands for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans Queer / Questioning) can often go through an internal process of discovery before revealing this to others.

There are a range of reasons why LGBTQI+ people feel they cannot be their true selves. Usually, it’s because they fear they will be unfairly judged by their family, friends and peers. Common concerns include a fear (real and perceived) that:

  • They will be told that being gay is ‘unnatural’ or not normal.
  • They will be accused of going through a ‘phase’.
  • It goes against family expectations that that they will carry on the family line.
  • It is ‘against’ religious or cultural beliefs.

Some same-sex attracted people may undergo they risk being discriminated against or bullied if they reveal their accurate identity, and that they will be excluded, harassed or even have to fear for their safety.

If you are in this situation, remember that it gets better with moment. You will find your sexual place in the world and find people around you who help and accept you fo

What Does the Bible Say About Homosexuality?

What Does The Bible Declare About Homosexuality?

Introduction

For the last two decades, Pew Research Center has reported that one of the most enduring ethical issues across Christian traditions is sexual diversity. For many Christians, one of the most frequently first-asked questions on this topic is, “What does the Bible say about attraction to someone of the equal sex?”

Although its unlikely that the biblical authors had any notion of sexual orientation (for example, the term homosexual wasn't even coined until the delayed 19th century) for many people of faith, the Bible is looked to for timeless guidance on what it means to honor God with our lives; and this most certainly includes our sexuality.

Before we can leap into how it is that Christians can maintain the authority of the Bible and also affirm sexual diversity, it might be helpful if we started with a brief but clear overview of some of the assumptions informing many Christian approaches to understanding the Bible.

What is the Bible?

For Christians to whom the Bible

Homosexuality: The countries where it is illegal to be gay

There are 64 countries that have laws that criminalise homosexuality, external, and nearly half of these are in Africa.

Some countries, including several in Africa, have recently moved to decriminalise same-sex unions and improve rights for LGBTQ people.

In December , Singapore's parliament repealed a controversial law which banned sex between men.

In the same month, the high court in Barbados struck out laws that criminalised gay sex.

In July last year, the courts in Antigua and Barbuda declared a law criminalising same-sex acts between consenting adults unconstitutional.

In February , Angola's President Joao Lourenco signed into law a revised penal code to allow same-sex relationships and ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

In , Gabon reversed a law that had criminalised homosexuality and made gay sex punishable with six months in prison and a large fine.

Botswana's Elevated Court also ruled in favour of decriminalising homosexuality in Mozambique and the Seychelles have also scrap

Is it REALLY ok to be LGBTQ? A gaze behind and beyond the &#;clobber passage&#;

There’s a call for what’s happening here: proof texting.

Theopodia defines proof texting as &#;the method by which a person appeals to a biblical text to prove or justify a theological position without regard for the context of the passage they are citing.&#;

If you hear someone say “the Bible says…” run in the other direction. The Bible says lots of things!

Here a not many things the Bible says:

That the Earth was covered in water when created until God formed land (Genesis ) but also that the Earth was completely dry until God brought streams up and watered the planet (Genesis ).

That God created animals first and then humans (Genesis 1) but also that God created Adam first, then animals, then Eve (Genesis 2).

That’s right, the Bible contradicts itself in the first two chapters!

“The Bible says” in Exodus and Deuteronomy that if a woman is raped her rapist must either marry her or pay her father (because he’s “damaged” the father’s “property”).

Paul says in 1 Thessalonians that Jesus will r