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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 …

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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 jehovah's witnesses *

Growg up gay and wh the Jehovah's Wns muny, Daniel Tnton says his life has been filled wh isolatn, sadns and trma. "He says members of the ngregatn would refer to homosexuals as "the vil" or "mons".

"That was how homosexuals were always portrayed at the meetgs and bible discsns, so beg aware that you were gay, you really were odd.

THE HARDSHIP OF BEG A GAY JEHOVAH'S WNS

The Hardship of beg a Gay Jehovah's Wns * gay jehovah's witnesses *

homosexualy. Watchtower View of Homosexualy & Transgenrism. Watchtower is strongly agast homosexualy, scribg as one of the most vile of ss.

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.

WHAT I LEARNED GROWG UP AS A GAY JEHOVAH’S WNS NORTH CORK

Statg that Jehovah's Wns are not prejudice agast homosexuals, even though they believe is agast the Bible . "Although the Bible nmns homosexual acts, do not enurage prejudice, hate crim, or any other kd of mistreatment of homosexuals.... (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.

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. Watchtower scrib homosexualy as:.

If someone tri to nvce you that God's standards regardg homosexual nduct are mistaken, will you agree wh him? The 2020 Elr's Manual labels homosexual pornography as abhorrent, groupg wh rape, btialy and child pornography. " par succumbg to homosexual sir wh moltg children.

INSI AND OUTST: MULTIFACETED STIGMA AND REMPTN THE LIV OF GAY AND LBIAN JEHOVAH'S WNS

"Te, some dividuals may very well be prone to homosexualy, jt as some dividuals are, acrdg to the Bible, “prone to wrath. A follow up article ntued the theme, appearg cril of the medil profsn's acceptance of homosexualy as somethg other than a mental disorr. Tradnally, doctors viewed homosexualy as an illns.

COMG OUT AS GAY WHEN YOU’RE A JEHOVAH’S WNS

But 1973, the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn clared that homosexualy would no longer be nsired a psychiatric disorr. Sce then, many the medil profsn have all but placed their seal of approval upon the homosexual life-style. It nclud that homosexuals are alienated om a relatnship wh God.

“Homosexuals fd themselv “ darkns mentally, and alienated om the life that belongs to God.

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. Homosexual relatns obvly nnot follow this natural way. So, male and female homosexuals employ other forms of terurse what the apostle refers to as "disgraceful sexual appet" and "obscene" practic.

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