Knowg Gays and Lbians, Relig Conflicts, Beliefs about Homosexualy | Pew Rearch Center

Contents:

• RELIGN AND ACCEPTANCE OF GAYS
• SECTN 2: KNOWG GAYS AND LBIANS, RELIG CONFLICTS, BELIEFS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY

RELIGN AND ACCEPTANCE OF GAYS

Includ are web rourc for gay people g together as mory groups wh relig tradns, lks to relig activist groups for and agast homosexual rights, rourc beg created by gay people alg wh their relign and their homosexualy, and rourc beg created by relig activists who oppose homosexualy. The Wikipedia article "Homosexualy and Baha'i Fah" giv an overview of the posn of the Baha'i fah towards homosexualy and also lists referenc and external lks to several statements published by the Universal Hoe of Jtice, the lg body for the Baha'i fah. The Gay and Lbian Vaishnava Associatn (GALVA) (webse no longer active) is an ternatnal anizatn mted to tg "Vaishnavas, Hd and the public general" about "the teachgs of Lord Caanya, the importance of all-clivens wh His missn, and the Vedic ncept of a natural third genr" the hop that "this knowledge will help to rrect many of the mon misnceptns that people hold today ncerng third-genr people (gays, lbians, bisexuals, transgenrs, the tersexed, etc.

People of Fah for Gay Civil Rights is "an terfah and ecumenil movement of clergy, vowed relig, and lay people of all sexual orientatns and genr inti” who “poe prayer, nscns-raisg and nonvlent ristance to achieve equaly for sexual mori society and relig nomatns.

SECTN 2: KNOWG GAYS AND LBIANS, RELIG CONFLICTS, BELIEFS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY

The World Congrs of Gay, Lbian, Bisexual, and Transgenr Jews, also lled Khet Ga’avah, "nsists of around 50 member anizatns all over the world, " cludg "member anisatns : Argenta, Atralia, Atria, Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Mexi, The Netherlands, Spa, Swen, the Uned Kgdom, and the Uned Stat.

The Femist Sexual Ethics Project provis rearch on Jewish sexual ethics that exam "ancient rabbic texts on which many Jews base their liv today through says on: rabbic laws that regulate genr segregatn, rabbic thkg on female homoeroticism, and rabbic thkg on same-sex marriage. And when the nearly one-third of Amerins who say homosexualy should be disuraged are asked an open-end qutn why they feel this way, by far the most mon reason –given by 52% – is that homosexualy nflicts wh their relig or moral beliefs. L'Iran, l'Arabie Saoude, le Soudan ou le Yémen -parmi d'tr pays islamiqu- envisagent la pee mort me punn pour c pt affirmer que la réprsn ntre l gays et l lbienn t jourd'hui pl importante dans le mon islamique que dans l sociétés tradns chrétienne, bouddhiste, hdoue, nfucéenne ou juive.

Mundo, Universé Catholique d' fa, dans le livre sat s mulmans, no ne trouvons s référenc clair x relatns homosexuell que dans un épiso spé s'ag la stctn Sodome et Gomorrhe, une histoire siaire à celle rantée dans l'Ancien Ttament la Bible. Cependant, dans le mon islamique, il y a un débat permanent sur la véracé s text sacrés, et certas experts disent que l hadhs qui prcrivent s punns sévèr ntre l'homosexualé ne sont pas exemple, Mohamed el Moctar el Shqi, directr du Centre islamique South Plas, Texas, soutient qu'"il n'y a pas hadhs thentiqu du Prophète potant vers la punn s homosexuels" et il n'y a cune rmatn selon laquelle Muhammad a puni quelqu'un pour avoir s relatns avec une tre personne du même tout s, on ne pt pas parler d'une posn unaire l'islam qui, me d'tr religns, englobe nombrs branch et croyanc différent, avec s visns ultra- nservatric me cell du wahhabisme ou s salafist, et d'tr pl libéral me cell qui prévalent dans certas pays mulmans d'Europe et d'Asie l'Est.