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'
- THE HARDSHIP OF BEG A GAY JEHOVAH'S WNS
- WHAT I LEARNED GROWG UP AS A GAY JEHOVAH’S WNS NORTH CORK
- IF I’M A GAY JEHOVAH’S WNS, IS HETEROSEXUAL MARRIAGE THE ANSWER?
- INSI AND OUTST: MULTIFACETED STIGMA AND REMPTN THE LIV OF GAY AND LBIAN JEHOVAH'S WNS
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. * gay jehovahs witness *
"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. ” (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.
THE HARDSHIP OF BEG A GAY JEHOVAH'S WNS
Homosexualy, homophobia, and gay marriage: What do the Bible say? What do Jehovah’s Wns believe? * gay jehovahs witness *
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.
WHAT I LEARNED GROWG UP AS A GAY JEHOVAH’S WNS NORTH CORK
The Hardship of beg a Gay Jehovah's Wns * gay jehovahs witness *
A few weeks later, our ngregatn’s pridg elr lled me on the phone and asked if I was “a homosexual” and planng to live as one, as if the two n be separated.
IF I’M A GAY JEHOVAH’S WNS, IS HETEROSEXUAL MARRIAGE THE ANSWER?
Whilst I was told I uld have Jehovah’s favour if I did not practice my homosexual feelgs (like a straight person uld whilst not mtg fornitn) I personally felt that was different if you are gay.
INSI AND OUTST: MULTIFACETED STIGMA AND REMPTN THE LIV OF GAY AND LBIAN JEHOVAH'S WNS
Many tim I have sat through meetgs and the topic of homosexualy or homosexuals have e up and I crge at what I’m hearg and I have to get up to go to the toilet jt to stop hearg , bee I don’t want to be remd how beg gay is wrong and how gay people will be stroyed at Armageddon.