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Questions tagged [homosexuality]

The practice of sexual relations with members of the same gender, or a sexual attraction to members of the same gender

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How can I defend my position of being against homosexuality in front of unbelievers?

I am a high school student who stands fervently against homosexuality. I have remained quiet about my belief so far, but now it has been coming up in class as a topic that should be supported, and those against homosexuality have been discussed as…
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Does Exodus Ministries' about-face on "pray away the gay" signal a theological change?

Among those who have a conviction that the Bible frowns on same-sex sexual activity, there is nonetheless a diversity of opinion on issues like whether there is an unchosen orientation, and whether Scripture calls folks with the orientation to…
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How would a Christian explain the contradiction of loving but calling homosexuality a sin?

In the Bible it is said many times that homosexuality is a sin. It is also said that love is the most important thing, and compassion is important as well; love your neighbor as yourself. This appears to be a contradiction - in calling something a…
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Religious justification for creating a large angry scene with the ostensible purpose of making people not gay

Yesterday, as I imagine happens at many places, a person came to my university, and for 6 hours or so, talked about "thousands of ex-homosexuals experiencing the love of Jesus Christ" and about how one can not be gay. It was probably one of the…
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Is Pope Francis with or against LGBT?

I'm not a native English speaker and I read in the news a lot of complicated expressions that makes me wonder if he's with LGBT or not. There's only heavens and hell (Nothing is in between) so he must be with or against it. I'm asking about his…
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What is the theological justification for my pastor friending gay men on Facebook?

I've been going to a church for a while now and recently noticed the pastor and four of his male staff have a ton of openly gay men on their friends list, who happen to be out of town. So I confronted the pastor about it and he said there's nothing…
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