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god loves you in a gay way

When I started wrg my new book, God and the Gay Christian, I was well aware that Christians who oppose same-sex marriage the church have long ed the Bible to fend their pot of view. As a gay Christian om an evangelil church Kansas, that stat quo has had a damagg impact on my life, which is one reason I'm settg out to change the flty perspective. Here are 10 reasons why God accepts gay Christians.

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10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS

* god loves you in a gay way *

The term “homosexual” didn’t exist until 1892. Some morn Bible translatns say that “homosexuals” will not her the kgdom of God, but neher the ncept nor the word for people wh exclive same-sex attractn existed before the late 19th century.

FIRST-PERSON: Y ED, GOD LOV GAYS

Pastor and wrer Ben Simpson rponds to a teen's qutn, "Why don't God love gays?" "Love don't jt affirm whatever mak a person happy," Simpson wr. "It seeks the well-beg of s objects." * god loves you in a gay way *

While the Bible rejects ltful same-sex behavr, that’s very different om a nmnatn of all gay people and relatnships. Requirg that all gay people rema celibate is at odds wh the Bible’s teachgs on celibacy, which are ground Scripture’s re affirmatn that God’s physil creatn is good.

Mastream nomatns like Prbyterians and Epispalians now orda openly gay clergy, and there are seeds of change evangelil church as well. Matthew V is the thor of God and the Gay Christian and is the founr of The Reformatn Project, a Bible-based non-prof anizatn that seeks to reform church teachg on sexual orientatn and genr inty. Msy Grace: How a Pastor wh Gay Parents Learned to Love Others Whout Sacrificg Convictn by Caleb Kaltenbach — Msy Grace shows that J’s mand to “love your neighbor as yourself” don’t have an exceptn clse for a gay “neighbor”—or for that matter, any other “neighbor” we might fd hard to relate to.

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A cheeky rponse to Sister Cdy's tchphrase "I love you, but not a gay way.". Jen is wearg a pk tshirt size 2x * god loves you in a gay way *

(BP) — “Why don’t God love gays? In fact, the speed wh which the topic of homosexualy has e to domate the social and polil nversatn is staggerg, aid by what pastor Voddie Bcham scribed as “a ordated, well-fund, well-nnected propaganda strategy” a 2012 article at The Gospel movement has bee like a snowflake that turns to an avalanche, molishg any opposn the public arena, and ’s still growg.

They’re hearg pop culture and maybe even their schools that homosexualy is a perfectly legimate liftyle that not only should be tolerated but celebrated and explored. Then, however, they hear om fah muni (and not jt Christian on) that homosexualy is sful. The mixed msag lead some to ask, “Why don’t God love gays?

”The qutn self pruppos that God do not love people who label themselv “gay. ” Therefore, the ial reply mt be, “What mak you thk that God don’t love people who label themselv ‘gay’?

LEARNG TO SAY ‘GOD IS LOVE’ WHEN YOU’RE GAY

” The tth of the matter is that God ed lov those who label themselv “gay, ” but He lov them a way that is culturally strange to at this the person askg “Why don’t God love gays? ” were prsed to say why they thk He don’t, the rponse most likely would be “bee He don’t thk their homosexualy is OK.

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If God loved gays, He’d affirm their homosexualy bee that mak them happy.

Someone may quickly rebut that homosexualy harms nobody, but that is unterfactual. Medilly, homosexualy is harmful, pecially to men who practice homosexualy. Socially, homosexualy is harmful that nnot provi what the oppose sex brgs to a romantic relatnship, cludg but certaly not limed to the potential of procreatn and then the prence of a mother and a father that child’s life.

However, most harmful is the spirual harm that homosexualy brgs, as clearly noted the Bible. Romans 1:18-27, for example, clar that the creasg prence of homosexualy a society signals that God is brgg about judgment on that society due to idolatry.

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God, as a functn of His wrath agast s, simply whdraws His rtrag grace om those who rebellly pursue s, givg them over to gradg passns such as homosexualy and all sorts of other stctive the spirual harm this life pal parison to the spirual harm that homosexualy brgs the age to e for those who practice this prent age. The Bible is emphatic that practicg homosexualy will bar a person om heaven. Do not be ceived; neher fornitors, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effemate, nor homosexuals, nor thiev, nor the veto, nor dnkards, nor revilers, nor swdlers, will her the kgdom of God.

” It’s important to note that homosexualy is not the only s listed. This list is by no means exhstive; neverthels, God is munitg to that those who ntue s, cludg homosexualy, will not her the kgdom of God.

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class><div class="available-ntent"><div dir="to" class="body markup"><p><em><span>This is </span><strong>Life as a Sacred Text</strong><span>, an expansive, lovg, everybody-celebratg, nobody-dimished, jtice-centered voyage to one of the world’s most ancient and holy books. We’re generally workg our way through Levic the days. More about the project </span><a href=" rel>here</a><span>, and </span><strong><span>to subscribe, go </span><a href=" rel>here</a><span>.</span></strong></em></p><div><hr /></div><p>It’s time, ar iends, to addrs another </p><p>(*dramatic heavy metal tro*)</p><h1 class="hear-wh-anchor-widget">CLOBBER TEXT.<div id="§clobber-text" class="hear-anchor-widget offset-top"><div class="hear-anchor-widget-button-ntaer"><div href=" class="hear-anchor-widget-button"><svg xmlns=" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-lep="round" stroke-lejo="round" class="hear-anchor-widget-in"><path d="M10 13a5 5 0 0 0 7.54.54l3-3a5 5 0 0 0-7.07-7.07l-1.72 1.71"></path><path d="M14 11a5 5 0 0 0-7.54-.54l-3 3a5 5 0 0 0 7.07 7.07l1.71-1.71"></path></svg></div></div></div></h1><p>Clobber texts, for those who don’t know, are the vers ed to beat people over the head and tell them, mostly, that they are bad and wrong for beg gay, bi, queer, pan, trans, lbian, or elsewise LGBT2QIA+. </p><p><span>The biggt on are Levic 18:22 and 20:13. I’ve already discsed at length why the </span><strong><a href=" rel>s of Sodom isn’t sodomy</a></strong><span>. And I will not addrs the New Ttament vers that get ed to clobber bee that is Not My Lane (tm) but I will send you to </span><strong><a href=" rel>QueerTheology</a></strong><span> &</span><a href=" rel> </a><strong><a href=" rel>QueerGrace</a><span> </span></strong><span>(and NB QG’s great </span><strong><a href=" rel>book list</a></strong><span>) for that particular set of, well, queri. </span></p><p>Ok. Translatns me. Translatns are terpretatns. All of them. Though I’m tryg to be as leral as possible. I’m sure other Hebrew rears will disagree wh my choic—ls leral brackets. </p><blockquote><p><em>וְאֶת־זָכָר לֹא תִשְׁכַּב מִשְׁכְּבֵי אִשָּׁה תּוֹעֵבָה הִוא׃</em></p><p><em>A male—do not lie wh the lygs of a woman; is a toevah/terrible thg. (Levic 18:22)</em></p><p><em>וְאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁכַּב אֶת־זָכָר מִשְׁכְּבֵי אִשָּׁה תּוֹעֵבָה עָשׂוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם מוֹת יוּמָתוּ דְּמֵיהֶם בָּם׃</em></p><p><em>If a man who li wh a male the lygs of a woman—both of them have mted a toevah/terrible thg: die, they will die [they will certaly die]; their blood is them [upon them]. (Levic 20:13)</em></p></blockquote><p><span>Firstly. Yeah, I ma the choice not to translate </span><em>toevah </em><span>as “abomatn” as a way of pullg you out of habuated ways of thkg and maybe pull off some of what you’ve cid “abomatn” means whout thkg about what </span><em>toevah</em><span> might mean ntext. </span></p><div class="ptned-image-ntaer"><figure><a class="image-lk is-viewable-img image2" target="_blank" href=" data-ponent-name="Image2ToDOM" rel><div class="image2-set"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset=" 424w, 848w, 1272w, 1456w" siz="100vw" /><img src=" width="236" height="320" data-attrs="{"src":" snowman stuffy ","tle":null,"type":null,"href":null,"belowTheFold":te,"topImage":false,"ternalRedirect":null}" class="sizg-normal" alt="Abomable snowman stuffy " tle="Abomable snowman stuffy " srcset=" 424w, 848w, 1272w, 1456w" siz="100vw" loadg="lazy" /></picture><div class="image-lk-expand"><svg xmlns=" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="#FFFFFF" stroke-width="2" stroke-lep="round" stroke-lejo="round" class="luci luci-maximize2"><polyle pots="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyle><polyle pots="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyle><le x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></le><le x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></le></svg></div></div></a><figptn class="image-ptn">No but actually— this cutie pie abomable snowman is lled איש השלג המתועב /ish sheleg hamuav—muav, om toevah. </figptn></figure></div><h4 class="hear-wh-anchor-widget"><span>Send, what </span><em>might</em><span> mean ntext? Well, let’s see what else is </span><em>toevah</em><span>, shall we? </span><div id="§send-what-might--mean--ntext-well-lets-see-what-else-is-toevah-shall-we" class="hear-anchor-widget offset-top"><div class="hear-anchor-widget-button-ntaer"><div href=" class="hear-anchor-widget-button"><svg xmlns=" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-lep="round" stroke-lejo="round" class="hear-anchor-widget-in"><path d="M10 13a5 5 0 0 0 7.54.54l3-3a5 5 0 0 0-7.07-7.07l-1.72 1.71"></path><path d="M14 11a5 5 0 0 0-7.54-.54l-3 3a5 5 0 0 0 7.07 7.07l1.71-1.71"></path></svg></div></div></div></h4><ul><li><p><span>The Egyptians might not eat bread wh the Israel; for that is a </span><em>toevah</em><span> to the Egyptians. (</span><a href=" rel>Genis 43:32</a><span>)</span></p></li><li><p><span>Every shepherd was </span><em>toevah</em><span> unto the Egyptians [prumably (?) bee the ram was the sacred animal of two Egyptian gods, Amun and Khnum.] (</span><a href=" rel>Genis 46:34</a><span>).</span></p></li><li><p><span>Pharaoh was so moved by the fourth plague, that while he refed the mand of Mos, he offered a promise, grantg to the Israel permissn to hold their ftival and offer their sacrific Egypt. This permissn uld not be accepted, bee Mos said they would have to sacrifice "the </span><em>toevah</em><span> of the Egyptians" (</span><a href=" rel>Exod 8:22</a><span>). </span><div class="footnote-hoverrd-target"><a class="footnote-anchor" data-ponent-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-1-119945176" href=" rel>1</a></div></p></li></ul><p><strong>Y, the thgs are </strong><em><strong>toevah</strong></em><strong> to the Egyptians. They’re fe for the Israel, but </strong><em><strong>toevah</strong></em><strong> om the Egyptian POV.</strong><span> </span></p><div class="ptned-image-ntaer"><figure><a class="image-lk is-viewable-img image2" target="_blank" href=" data-ponent-name="Image2ToDOM" rel><div class="image2-set"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset=" 424w, 848w, 1272w, 1456w" siz="100vw" /><img src=" width="1024" height="683" data-attrs="{"src":" Beth Simchat Torah, NYC's Gay Synagogue.","tle":null,"type":"image/eg","href":null,"belowTheFold":te,"topImage":false,"ternalRedirect":null}" class="sizg-normal" alt="Congregatn Beth Simchat Torah, NYC's Gay Synagogue." tle="Congregatn Beth Simchat Torah, NYC's Gay Synagogue." srcset=" 424w, 848w, 1272w, 1456w" siz="100vw" loadg="lazy" /></picture><div class="image-lk-expand"><svg xmlns=" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="#FFFFFF" stroke-width="2" stroke-lep="round" stroke-lejo="round" class="luci luci-maximize2"><polyle pots="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyle><polyle pots="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyle><le x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></le><le x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></le></svg></div></div></a><figptn class="image-ptn">Folks om queer Jewish muni all over the untry—you n see almost more signs than people holdg them, here, spect this was before the party really got started—at the 1982 NYC Gay Pri Para. </figptn></figure></div><h4 class="hear-wh-anchor-widget"><em>Toevah </em><span>is also ed elsewhere the Torah or more broadly Hebrew Bible to refer to:</span><div id="§toevah-is-also-ed-elsewhere-the-torah-or-more-broadly--hebrew-bible-to-refer-to" class="hear-anchor-widget offset-top"><div class="hear-anchor-widget-button-ntaer"><div href=" class="hear-anchor-widget-button"><svg xmlns=" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-lep="round" stroke-lejo="round" class="hear-anchor-widget-in"><path d="M10 13a5 5 0 0 0 7.54.54l3-3a5 5 0 0 0-7.07-7.07l-1.72 1.71"></path><path d="M14 11a5 5 0 0 0-7.54-.54l-3 3a5 5 0 0 0 7.07 7.07l1.71-1.71"></path></svg></div></div></div></h4><ul><li><p>idolatry or idols (Dteronomy 7:25, Dteronomy 13:14, Isaiah 44:19)</p></li><li><p>adultery (Ezekiel 22:11) </p></li><li><p>illic marriage (Dteronomy 24:2-4)</p></li><li><p>cultic prostutn (1 Kgs 14:24)</p></li><li><p>child sacrifice to Molech (Jeremiah 32:35)</p></li><li><p><span>cross-drsg -- likely for the sake of nfg a person for illic reasons (</span><a href=" rel>Rashi on Dteronomy 22:5</a><span>)</span></p></li><li><p>cheatg the market by g rigged weights (Dteronomy 25:13-19, Proverbs 11:1)</p></li><li><p>dishonty (Proverbs 12:22)</p></li><li><p>dietary vlatns (Dteronomy 14:3)— So yeah. Ban.</p></li><li><p>stealg, murr, adultery, swearg falsely, mtg idolatry (Jeremiah 7:9,10)</p></li><li><p>ury, vlent robbery, murr, opprsg the poor and needy, etc. (Ezekiel 18:10-13)</p></li><li><p><a href=" rel>Proverbs 6:16-19</a><span> lists seven thgs which are also </span><em>toevah</em><span>: "hghty ey, a lyg tongue, hands that shed nocent blood, a heart that vis wicked schem, feet that are swift nng to mischief, a false wns who utters li, and one who spreads strife among brothers."</span></p></li></ul><p><span>This is not to say “hey, but they nmn a lot of thgs wh this word” is a </span><em>queer-posive</em><span> read, necsarily, jt want to start out by makg clear that this word is not ed for “unique thg that only appli this one se.” </span></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{"url":"" data-ponent-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href=" rel><span>Share</span></a></p><h2 class="hear-wh-anchor-widget">Bee the days when drag bans are gettg passed and gun bans aren’t, knowg your text si and out matters. <div id="§bee--the-days-when-drag-bans-are-gettg-passed-and-gun-bans-arent-knowg-your-text-si-and-out-matters" class="hear-anchor-widget offset-top"><div class="hear-anchor-widget-button-ntaer"><div href=" class="hear-anchor-widget-button"><svg xmlns=" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-lep="round" stroke-lejo="round" class="hear-anchor-widget-in"><path d="M10 13a5 5 0 0 0 7.54.54l3-3a5 5 0 0 0-7.07-7.07l-1.72 1.71"></path><path d="M14 11a5 5 0 0 0-7.54-.54l-3 3a5 5 0 0 0 7.07 7.07l1.71-1.71"></path></svg></div></div></div></h2><p>We have to fight agast the encroachg theocracy many ways at once. One of those ways clus disembowelg bad readgs of sacred texts—pecially the bad readgs that are ed to harm people—at every available opportuny. </p><div class="ptned-image-ntaer"><figure><a class="image-lk is-viewable-img image2" target="_blank" href=" data-ponent-name="Image2ToDOM" rel><div class="image2-set"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset=" 424w, 848w, 1272w, 1456w" siz="100vw" /><img src=" width="728" height="485.3333333333333" data-attrs="{"src":" smoke","tle":null,"type":"image/g","href":null,"belowTheFold":te,"topImage":false,"ternalRedirect":null}" class="sizg-normal" alt="assorted-lor smoke" tle="assorted-lor smoke" srcset=" 424w, 848w, 1272w, 1456w" siz="100vw" loadg="lazy" /></picture><div class="image-lk-expand"><svg xmlns=" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="#FFFFFF" stroke-width="2" stroke-lep="round" stroke-lejo="round" class="luci luci-maximize2"><polyle pots="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyle><polyle pots="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyle><le x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></le><le x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></le></svg></div></div></a><figptn class="image-ptn"></figptn></figure></div><p><span>So. </span><em>toevah</em><span> notwhstandg, </span><strong>what do we thk is gog on this verse, really?</strong></p><blockquote><p><em>A male—do not lie wh the lygs of a woman; is a toevah/terrible thg. (Levic 18:22)</em></p></blockquote><p>Of urse, very much pends on who you ask. There are a few possibili. </p><ol><li><p><span>Most of Levic 18 forbids ct, beastialy, child sacrifice—horrible thgs that imply imbalanced power dynamics some way. Aga, when you juxtapose Genis 19 and Judg 19 to see that what is of ncern </span><em>those</em><span> stori is clearly about sexual asslt and domatn, seems probable to nclu that </span><strong>what is beg forbidn is not a lovg, nsensual relatnship.</strong></p></li><li><p><span>Some suggt that 's tend as a way to apply all the anti-ct stuff Levic 18 and 20 to male relativ. </span><strong>“All that stuff above about not engagg wh your half-sister or your nt? Appli to all the male relativ, too.</strong><span> And </span><em>toevah</em><span> appli to </span><em>ALL THE STUFF IN THIS CHAPTER, Y’ALL (like not sacrificg kids to Moloch or etc).</em><span>” If I unrstand rrectly, Prof. David Tabb Stewart argued this the Queer Bible Commentary, and his teacher Prof. Jab Milgrom (known until his ath 2010 as one of the leadg scholars on Levic), then beme a proponent of as well. </span></p></li></ol><p></p><div class="subscriptn-widget-wrap"><div class="subscriptn-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p>Life is a Sacred Text is a rear-supported publitn. To receive new posts and support my work, nsir beg a ee or paid subscriber.</p></div><div data-ponent-name="SubscribeWidget" class="subscribe-widget"><div class="pencraft ontend-pencraft-Box-module__ret--VfQY8 ontend-pencraft-Box-module__display-flex--ZqeZt ontend-pencraft-Box-module__flex-jtify-center--SQPji"><div class="ontend-ponents-ee_email_form-module__ntaer--OfBh4"><form actn="/api/v1/ee?nojs=te" method="post" noValidate class="form ontend-ponents-ee_email_form-module__form--LDIzl"><put type="hidn" name="first_url" /><put type="hidn" name="first_referrer" /><put type="hidn" name="current_url" /><put type="hidn" name="current_referrer" /><put type="hidn" name="referral_" /><put type="hidn" name="source" value="subscribe-widget-preamble" /><put type="hidn" name="referrg_pub_id" /><put type="hidn" name="addnal_referrg_pub_ids" /><div class="ontend-ponents-ee_email_form-module__siBySiWrap--yhsgv"><put type="email" name="email" placeholr="Type your email..." class="pencraft ontend-ponents-ee_email_form-module__emailInput--BLQGf" /><button tabInx="0" type="subm" class="button rightButton primary subscribe-btn ontend-ponents-ee_email_form-module__button--WcLG9"><span class="button-text ">Subscribe</span></button></div><div id="error-ntaer"></div></form><div class="ontend-log-typo_handler-EmailTypoHandler-module__animatnWrapper--UT0du"></div></div></div></div></div></div><p></p><ol start="3"><li><p><span>Others suggt that the issue was that male-male sex was </span><strong>associated wh idolatry.</strong><span> Some people have theorized that male-male sex happened Canaane temple cults— which se, this uld be a prohibn agast idolatry, and the verse about not sacrificg your kids to Moloch that preces 18 mak a b more sense. I’m not sure how accurate this was or wasn’t historilly, but do matter that this is how the Rabbis sometim read .</span></p></li></ol><blockquote><p><em>"Bar Kappara said to Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi, 'What is the meang of the word toevah? To’e ata bah [you will go astray bee of ]" (Talmud Nedarim 51a)</em></p></blockquote><div class="ptned-image-ntaer"><figure><a class="image-lk is-viewable-img image2" target="_blank" href=" data-ponent-name="Image2ToDOM" rel><div class="image2-set"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset=" 424w, 848w, 1272w, 1456w" siz="100vw" /><img src=" width="170" height="255" data-attrs="{"src":" body wh brown sta","tle":null,"type":"image/g","href":null,"belowTheFold":te,"topImage":false,"ternalRedirect":null}" class="sizg-normal" alt="persons body wh brown sta" tle="persons body wh brown sta" srcset=" 424w, 848w, 1272w, 1456w" siz="100vw" loadg="lazy" /></picture><div class="image-lk-expand"><svg xmlns=" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="#FFFFFF" stroke-width="2" stroke-lep="round" stroke-lejo="round" class="luci luci-maximize2"><polyle pots="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyle><polyle pots="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyle><le x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></le><le x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></le></svg></div></div></a></figure></div><p><span>This unrstandg certaly ma sense the Rabbis’ world, when male homosexualy and Gre-Roman culture were so tertwed. (Alexanr the Great nquered the Land of Israel 329 BCE; the Romans took over (wh a ltle Hasmonean terlu the middle, there) 63 BCE. They knew what happened the</span><a href=" rel> bathhoe to Aphrode.</a><span>)</span><div class="footnote-hoverrd-target"><a class="footnote-anchor" data-ponent-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-2-119945176" href=" rel>2</a></div><span> Whether or not that reflected what was tly gog on the Torah text do seem ls clear, however.</span></p><ol start="4"><li><p><span>Prof. Idan Dershowz has another really pellg theory—that the anti-ct sectn of Levic 18, later edorial addns to two vers that had ially applied to male relativ (or male and female relativ) served to obscure the fact that </span><strong>what was origally prohibed was male-male </strong><em><strong>ct. </strong></em><span>Explicly prohibg, say,</span><a href=" rel> “revealg the nakedns” of one’s father and one’s mother</a><span> would sure imply, of urse, that (other kds of) male same-sex relatnships may have origally been permted. He suggts, then, that Levic 18:22 + 20:13 might have been later addns. You n see his argument </span><a href=" rel> </a><strong><a href=" rel>an old op-ed</a></strong><a href=" rel> </a><span>or </span><a href=" rel> </a><strong><a href=" rel>amic form</a></strong><span>.</span></p></li><li><p>Another Rabbic read:</p><blockquote><p><em>Said Raba, Bar Hamduri explaed to me as follows: “Do not lie wh a male as one li wh a woman [l. the lygs of a woman]” -- Who is a male who has two “lygs?” Conclu: this is an androg. (Talmud Yevamot 83b)</em></p></blockquote><p><span>Here they read Levic as sayg, 'don't have vagal sex wh a tersex person</span><div class="footnote-hoverrd-target"><a class="footnote-anchor" data-ponent-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-3-119945176" href=" rel>3</a></div><span>.' Which, aga, is not gog to w any major awards for queer posivy, but </span><strong>is a technique the Rabbis often ploy---fangg a text by terpretg to the narrowt ltle rner possible</strong><span> ("See? This verse only appli the rart of s, barely impacts our liv.”) So what you see here is a Rabbic choice to--spe beg fully aware of other factors (see: idolatry, above)--lean to Operatn Shrk The Verse. It’s textual activism. Which, aga, matters.</span></p></li><li><p><span>Some Jews who embrace Jewish law--which ultimately did read Levic as about male same-sex activy--say: OK, no anal sex, but other stuff y. (And, the rollary: jt as would be generally unthkably to ask a uple where there’s at least one utes-havg person volved how their </span><strong><a href=" rel>niddah/menstal separatn practice</a><span> </span></strong><span>was gog, and ’s none of anyone’s bs—so, too, is what happens the bedroom of a same-sex uple also extremely not anyone’s bs. </span></p><p></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{"url":" Life is a Sacred Text ","actn":null,"class":null}" data-ponent-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href=" rel><span>Share Life is a Sacred Text </span></a></p></li><li><p><span>In ntrast to the proscriptns of the Hols Co, the “lived experience” found elsewhere the Hebrew Bible tells </span><strong>tal of tenr, tragic queer love</strong><div class="footnote-hoverrd-target"><a class="footnote-anchor" data-ponent-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-4-119945176" href=" rel>4</a></div><span>. Like: </span></p><blockquote><p><em>When [David] fished speakg wh Sl, Jonathan’s soul beme bound up wh the soul of David; Jonathan loved David as himself. (I Samuel 18:1)..</em></p><p><em>Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you want, I will do for you.” (I Samuel 20:4)</em></p></blockquote><p>Right before they’re about to be separated for an unknown amount of time: </p><blockquote><p><em>David emerged om his ncealment at the Negev. He flung himself face down on the ground and bowed low three tim. They kissed each other and wept together; David wept the longer. (I Samuel 20:41)</em></p></blockquote><p>And after Yonatan/Jonathan di battle, our boy Davy says: </p><blockquote><p><em>I grieve for you, My brother Jonathan, You were most ar to me. Your love was wonrful to me—more than the love of women. (II Samuel 1:26)</em></p></blockquote></li></ol><h3 class="hear-wh-anchor-widget">All this to say, there are MANY genuely possible ways to unrstand the Biblil texts ways that affirm and celebrate lovg partnerships of all genr batns.<div id="§all-this-to-say-there-are-many-genuely-possible-ways-to-unrstand-the-biblil-texts--ways-that-affirm-and-celebrate-lovg-partnerships-of-all-genr-batns" class="hear-anchor-widget offset-top"><div class="hear-anchor-widget-button-ntaer"><div href=" class="hear-anchor-widget-button"><svg xmlns=" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-lep="round" stroke-lejo="round" class="hear-anchor-widget-in"><path d="M10 13a5 5 0 0 0 7.54.54l3-3a5 5 0 0 0-7.07-7.07l-1.72 1.71"></path><path d="M14 11a5 5 0 0 0-7.54-.54l-3 3a5 5 0 0 0 7.07 7.07l1.71-1.71"></path></svg></div></div></div></h3><p>The people g to nmn and clobber have way more certaty than is warranted and not enough cril analysis engaged. </p><p>(Also, you will note that lbianism is nowhere this post. We’ll look at those specific vers and the qutns they raise next week. )</p><p>In any se…. </p><p><span>Quick shout out to </span><strong><a href=" rel>A Rabow Thread: An Anthology of Queer Jewish Texts om the First Century to 1969</a><span>, </span></strong><span>to </span><strong><a href=" rel>Khet</a><span>, </span></strong><span>which nurtur LGBTQ+ Jewish life stutnally, to </span><strong><a href=" rel>Svara</a></strong><span> for queer Talmud, and more. But quick, so that for now.</span></p><div><hr /></div><h2 class="hear-wh-anchor-widget">? Like this? 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don't ??), but any se, I was troduced to another terpretatn of those texts a while back that I found tertg:</span></p><p><span>Essentially that the vers mand men not to lie wh men as if they are lyg wh women. We acknowledge a lens of heteronormativy upon this verse and say, jt don't treat this like a heterosexual relatnship, bee isn't. 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