H1516 - גַּיְא gayʼ, gah'-ee; or (shortened) גַּי gay; probably (by transmutatn) om the same root as (abbreviated); a ge (om s lofty sis; hence, narrow, but not a gully or wter-torrent):—valley.
Contents:
- LEXIN :: STRONG'S H1516 - GAY'
- LGBTQ PRI MONTH: OY VEY, WHY ARE SO MANY JEWS GAY?
- FIRST OPENLY GAY ORTHODOX RABBI ORDAED JESALEM
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
LEXIN :: STRONG'S H1516 - GAY'
The sourc of Judaism’s tradnal posn on homosexualy and gay issu are well known.
LGBTQ PRI MONTH: OY VEY, WHY ARE SO MANY JEWS GAY?
Two vers Levic (Levic 18:23 and Levic 20:13) exprs unequivol nmnatn of male homosexual sex (although is not clear whether what is referred to is terurse or all sexual acts between men).
FIRST OPENLY GAY ORTHODOX RABBI ORDAED JESALEM
”READ: Puttg The Prohibn Agast Homosexualy ContextAs evint by s language, the biblil prohibn do not extend to female homosexual acts, though later mentators disapproved of lbianism. One rabbic source associat female homosexualy wh the activi of the Egyptians and Canaan, om which the Jews are supposed to absta.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
The Levic vers also imply that is the act of homosexual sex, not the homosexual person, that is abhorred. Several tradnal sourc temper the harshns of the “abomatn” by cg the lack of procreative potential as the reason for the abomable nature of the homosexual act.
Intertgly, the medieval book Sefer HaHuch par homosexual sex to marryg a barren woman. Nohels, the tradnal Jewish posn on homosexualy is still difficult for many liberal-md Jews, and the liberal nomatns have bated the extent to which gays and lbians n be fully tegrated to relig Conservative Halakhah and HomosexualyThe first and least ntroversial step taken by the Conservative, Renstctnist, and Reform movements was to endorse civil equaly for gays and lbians.