Homosexuality in the Bible
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
Leviticus 18:22
Genesis
1. "And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done
unto him." What did Ham do? Did he just look at his naked father or was there
something more to it than that? Some commentators have suggested that Ham
committed homosexual rape on his drunken father, and that this was why Ham's
descendants were eternally punished with slavery. 9:24
2. This verse doesn't say what the Sodomites did to make them such exceedingly
great sinners, though most bible believers equate "Sodomite" with homosexual.
(But see Ezekiel 16:49, which claims the sins of Sodom were pride, gluttony,
sloth, greed, and failure to help the poor.) 13:13
3. The two angels that visit Lot wash their feet, eat, and are sexually irresistible to
Sodomites. 19:1-5
4. God kills everyone in Sodom and Gomorrah. 19:4-5, 24-25
5. What did Sarah see? 21:9
Leviticus
6. Homosexual acts are an abomination to God. 18:22
7. If a man has sex with another man, kill them both. 20:13
Deuteronomy
8. Women are not to wear men's clothing it's an "abomination unto the Lord."
22:5
9. God says not be bring any whore, sodomite, or dog into the house of the Lord.
For "these things are an abomination to the Lord." Sodomites and dogs are
biblical names for homosexuals. 23:1718
1 Samuel
10. "The soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved
him as his own soul ... And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon
him, and gave it to David, and his garments ... and his girdle." 18:14
11. "Jonathan ... delighted much in David." 19:2
12. Saul is angered by his son's homosexual affair with David and says, "do not I
know that thou has chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion of thy
mother's nakedness?" 20:30
13. David and Jonathan "kissed one another, and wept with one another" when
they parted for the last time. 20:41
2 Samuel
14. David says to Jonathan: "very pleasant has thou been unto me: thy love to me
was wonderful, passing the love of woman." 1:26
1 Kings
15. God shows his homophobia by calling gay people "sodomites" and their
sexual relations "abominations." 14:24
16. Asa "did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD" by expelling
homosexuals (or "sodomites", as the good book calls them). 15:12
17. Jehoshaphat "did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord" and "took" the
homosexuals (sodomites) "out of the land," or as the RSV says, "he
exterminated" them. 22:43, 46
2 Kings
18. Josiah, with God's approval, broke down the houses of the sodomites. 23:7
Isaiah
19. "They declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul!"
The biblical god just doesn't seem to care much for homosexuals. And he gets
especially upset when "they hide it not." 3:9
Joel
20. They "have given a boy for a harlot." 3:3
Romans
21. With his usual intolerance, Paul condemns homosexuals (including lesbians).
This is the only clear reference to lesbians in the Bible. 1:2628
22. Homosexuals (those "without natural affection") and their supporters (those
"that have pleasure in them") are "worthy of death." 1:3132
1 Corinthians
23. Paul lists ten things that will keep you out of heaven, including homosexuality
and being "effeminate." 6:910
1 Timothy
24. Homosexuals (those "that defile themselves with mankind") are included on
the list of lawless, disobedient, unholy, and profane people. 1:10
2 Timothy
25. Iin the last days people will become evil, "without natural affection."
Fundamentalist say that this refers to homosexuals. 3:3
Jude
26. God sent "eternal fire" on the people of Sodom and Gomorrah for "going after
strange flesh." 78
