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Open Question: What do you think about Christian churches accepting gays<\/a> and lesbians<\/a> in their congregations ?right or wrong?<\/b>
\nLesbian, gay<\/a>, bisexual<\/a>, and transgender (LGBT) affirming religious groups (also called gay<\/a>-affirming) are religious groups that welcome LGBT members and do not consider homosexuality to be a sin. They include entire religious denominations, as well as individual churches and synagogues. Some are composed mainly of non-LGBT members and also have specific programs to welcome LGBT people, while others are composed mainly of LGBT members<\/p>\n

The Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, have traditionally forbidden non-heterosexual and non-vaginal sexual intercourse (both of which have been variously labeled as sodomy), believing and teaching that such behavior is sinful and derived from the behavior of the residents of Sodom and Gomorrah.<\/p>\n

en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/LGBT-affirming_religious_groups<\/a> en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Christian_denominational_positions_on_homosexuality<\/a> Homosexuality and Roman Catholicism<\/p>\n

Homosexual sexual activity, by contrast, is viewed as a “moral disorder”and “homosexual acts” as “contrary to the natural law what the bible says about it ?<\/p>\n

Leviticus 18:22 <\/p>\n

Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination<\/p>\n

answers.yahoo.com\/question\/index?qid=20151013101054AAloEAu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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