Homosexualy has bee a divisive issue many religns and ngregatns. Like many other fundamentalist nomatns, Jehovah's Wns nmns homosexual acts, thoughts, and feelgs. Consequently, gay and lbian Wns experience not jt stigmatizatn and nflict between their sex …
Contents:
- BEG A GAY JEHOVAH'S WNS MA DANIEL FEEL LIKE HE 'DIDN'T BELONG ANYWHERE'
- INSI AND OUTST: MULTIFACETED STIGMA AND REMPTN THE LIV OF GAY AND LBIAN JEHOVAH'S WNS
- THE HARDSHIP OF BEG A GAY JEHOVAH'S WNS
- WHAT I LEARNED GROWG UP AS A GAY JEHOVAH’S WNS NORTH CORK
BEG A GAY JEHOVAH'S WNS MA DANIEL FEEL LIKE HE 'DIDN'T BELONG ANYWHERE'
Growg up gay and wh the Jehovah's Wns muny, Daniel Tnton says his life has been filled wh isolatn, sadns and trma. * support for gay jehovah's witnesses *
Before havg a ncept of sexualy, a child is exposed to ments Watchtower publitns and at meetgs that anyone engaged homosexual practic is abhorrent to Jehovah.
INSI AND OUTST: MULTIFACETED STIGMA AND REMPTN THE LIV OF GAY AND LBIAN JEHOVAH'S WNS
Homosexualy, homophobia, and gay marriage: What do the Bible say? What do Jehovah’s Wns believe? * support for gay jehovah's witnesses *
Insi and Outst: Multifaceted Stigma and Remptn the Liv of Gay and Lbian Jehovah’s Wns is a PDF providg a tailed look at growg up as a gay Jehovah’s Wns. "That was how homosexuals were always portrayed at the meetgs and bible discsns, so beg aware that you were gay, you really were odd.
THE HARDSHIP OF BEG A GAY JEHOVAH'S WNS
* support for gay jehovah's witnesses *
Although the Bible nmns homosexual acts, do not enurage prejudice, hate crim, or any other kd of mistreatment of homosexuals.
” (Hebrews 12:14) While they reject homosexual acts, Jehovah’s Wns do not force their view on others, nor do they participate homophobic hate crim or rejoice when they hear of them.
Still, some people would say that the Bible promot prejudice agast homosexuals and that those who adhere to s moral are tolerant. For example, the Bible speaks of “those who are sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, men who subm to homosexual acts, ” and then adds: “That is what some of you were.
WHAT I LEARNED GROWG UP AS A GAY JEHOVAH’S WNS NORTH CORK
In sayg “that is what some of you were, ” do the Bible mean that those who stopped engagg homosexual acts never aga experienced any homosexual sir? (Romans 7:16-25) A person who has homosexual leangs n ntrol what he allows his md to dwell on, jt as he would ntrol any other wrong sire, cludg leangs toward anger, adultery, and greed. A person that engag same sex sexual relatns n be disfellowshipped, however a celibate homosexual n rema as one of Jehovah's Wns.