And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.
If a man also lie with mankind, 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.
And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.
And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. Leviticus 20:10-16
And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. I Samuel 18:1
I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women. II Samuel 1:26
My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. Song of Solomon 2:16
By night I sought him whom my soul loveth. Song of Solomon 3:1
His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. Song of Solomon 5:14
When it was late, the young man went to him. He put a linen around his naked body, and he remained with him through that night. For Jesus taught him the mystery of the kingdom of God. Secret Gospel of Mark, as cited Clement to Theodore
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And one, a certain young man, followed Him, having thrown a linen cloth around his naked body. Mark 14:51
I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. Luke 17:34
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. Romans 1:26&27
And Lot! (Remember) when he said unto his folk: Will ye commit abomination such as no creature ever did before you?
Lo! ye come with lust unto men instead of women. Nay, but ye are wanton folk. Koran 7:80&81
What! Of all creatures do ye come unto the males, Male homosexual activities are condemned as unnatural.
And leave the wives your Lord created for you? Nay, but ye are froward folk. Koran 26:165&166
Uncle Quentin, the well-known scientist and homosexual, has escaped from prison. So far the police have found no trace of him. Although they’re known to be carrying out enquiries at well-known public schools in the area. The Comic Strip Presents ... Five Go Mad on Mescalin, Channel 4 1982
The idea of the government intruding into the privacy of the bedroom and arresting and imprisoning people because of adult consensual acts is contrary to that purpose of limited government. Edward Tabash, political & social activist
In Lawrence v Texas the right of sexual privacy was extended to same-sex conduct. Edward Tabash
In Iran we don’t have homosexuals like in your country. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, September 2007
Why is it as a culture we are more comfortable holding guns than holding hands? Ernest Gains
There’s a fair bit of evidence to suggest that genes for homosexuality exist. Professor Richard Dawkins, interview Wayne Besen
A gay gene is a double-edged sword ... Americans if you poll them, if you can show homosexuality is inborn they support gay and lesbian rights across the board – it’s very robust and very dramatic ... That will help us politically tomorrow and have dramatic results. The problem comes if they can find out in the womb, they can see in advance, if someone is going to be gay; I think you’d have absolute disaster; you’d have mass abortions taking place. Wayne Besen, interview Richard Dawkins
In fact the Mormon prophet Joseph Smith enjoyed bedtime snuggling with male friends throughout his life. Early in 1826 the twenty-year-old bachelor boarded with the Knight family, whose eighteen-year-old son later wrote: ‘Joseph and I worked together and slept together’. In a 1843 sermon, Smith (then the husband of many wives) preached that ‘two who were vary friends indeed should lie down upon the same bed at night locked in each other’s embrace talking of their love & should awake in the morning together. They could immediately renew their conversation of love even while rising from their bed’.
That was how Apostle Wilford Woodruff recorded his prophet’s words. The official ‘History of the Church’ still renders Smith’s words this way: ‘It is pleasing for friends to lie down together, locked in the arms of love, to sleep and wake in each other’s embrace and renew their conversation’. The night before he was murdered by a mob in 1844, Smith shared a bed with thirty-two-year-old Dan Jones, ‘and lay himself by my side in a close embrace’.
Smith’s successor, Brigham Young, even dreamed of sleeping with non-Mormon men as a way of resolving conflict. In 1858 the church historian wrote: ‘President Young said he dreamed last night of seeing Governor Cumming. He appeared exceedingly friendly, and said to President Young we must be united, we must act in concert; and commenced undressing himself to go to bed with him’. D Michael Quinn, ‘Same-Sex Dynamics Among Nineteenth Century Americans: A Mormon Example’ pp87
Some Mormon leaders ... had ardent dreams of same-sex kissing. For example, in 1847 Brigham Young dreamed that he met the deceased Joseph Smith and ‘kissed him many times’. In 1896 stake president Charles O Card recorded: ‘I dreamed that president Woodruff & I met & embraced each other & Kissed each other in a very affectionate manner & I remarked he was the sweetest man I ever kissed. I thought in our embrace it was from the pure love of the Gospel’. Despite the homotactile dimension of this dream, Card was a polygamist who had no known homoerotic experiences. ibid. p92
In 1954, the sociologist Kimball Young first suggested that Mormon marriage sealing ceremonies (which began in 1843 and bind husband and wife for ‘time and eternity’) included same-sex marriage. For example, Brigham Young preached in 1862: ‘I will here refer to a principle that has not been named by me for years. With the introduction of the Priesthood upon the earth was also introduced the sealing ordinance.’ Although modern readers would expect to hear next about eternal marriage, Young did not mention marriage or women. Instead, he said: ‘By this power men will be sealed to men back to Adam.’ In another sermon he preached that ‘we can seal women to men, but not men to men, without a Temple.’
Such statements caused his sociologist grandson to observe, ‘Here is evidence of deep, psychological Bruederschaft [brotherhood]. There are obviously latent homosexual features in this idea and its cultural aspect has many familiar parallels in other religions.’ Kimball Young added that Mormonism ‘had strong homosexual components’ but acknowledged: ‘Most Saints, including Brigham himself, would have been shocked by such an interpretation’. The grandson regarded homosexuality as unappealing as the Mormon practice of polygamy that was the topic of his book. ibid. 136-137
Joseph Smith ... once referred figuratively to himself as married to a male friend. Beginning in 1840, twenty-nine-year-old Robert B Thompson became the prophet’s scribe and personal secretary. Their relationship was so close that Smith told his friend’s wife: ‘Sister Thompson, you must not feel bad towards me for keeping your husband away from you so much, for I am married to him.’ She added that ‘they truly love each other with fervent brotherly affection.’ Concerning Thompson’s death in 1841 Smith made this unusual explanation to his next secretary during a discussion of ‘loose conduct’ and sexual transgressions: ‘He said [Robert B] Thompson professed great friendship for him but he gave away to temptation and he had to die.’ ibid. p136
I know of no historical evidence that Mormonism’s founding father ever said an officiator could perform a marriage-like ordinance for a same-sex couple. Nevertheless, I realize that some believing Mormons regard it as emotionally appealing or spiritually inspiring for there to be a priesthood ordinance to seal same-sex couples similar to Mormon’s opposite-sex ordinance of marriage ‘for time and all eternity’. ibid. pp138-139
After returning from a Hawaiian mission in 1885, [Brigham Morris Young] performed as a female impersonator in Utah for decades ... Young apparently began this entertainment cross-dressing after ... he, his wife, and their children returned from [their Hawaiian mission]. ibid. p147 note 26
Gareth: All farmers have wives.
Tim: He’s gay.
Gareth: Well then he shouldn’t be allowed near animals, should he? The Office UK s1e4: Training, BBC 2001
Toby: He’s attracted to other men.
Michael: OK. A little too far. Crossed the line. The Office US s3e1: Gay Witch Hunt, NBC 2006