Homosexualy, homophobia, and gay marriage: What do the Bible say? What do Jehovah’s Wns believe?
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 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. Although the Bible nmns homosexual acts, do not enurage prejudice, hate crim, or any other kd of mistreatment of homosexuals.
INSI AND OUTST: MULTIFACETED STIGMA AND REMPTN THE LIV OF GAY AND LBIAN JEHOVAH'S WNS
* support for gay jehovah's witnesses *
” (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. 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. Watchtower do not accept that people are born homosexual, and teach that homosexual sir are a choice that are veloped, such as through masturbatn, and n be overe.
THE HARDSHIP OF BEG A GAY JEHOVAH'S WNS
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 … * 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.... Whilst this article appears to prent the Watchtower view of same sex relatns a balanced and tolerant manner, is not harmony wh what has appeared for many s wh the pag of the Watchtower, nor align wh how homosexuals are treated wh the ngregatns.
"Te, some dividuals may very well be prone to homosexualy, jt as some dividuals are, acrdg to the Bible, “prone to wrath.
WHAT I LEARNED GROWG UP AS A GAY JEHOVAH’S WNS NORTH CORK
A follow up article ntued the theme, appearg cril of the medil profsn's acceptance of homosexualy as somethg other than a mental disorr. The Governg Body have such tense ntempt towards homosexualy that practic nsired of homosexual nature are labelled obscene and forbidn even for married heterosexual upl, wh threat of disfellowshippg. So, male and female homosexuals employ other forms of terurse what the apostle refers to as "disgraceful sexual appet" and "obscene" practic.