Word: leviticus
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...understands and evaluates the place of gays and lesbians in a Jewish religious context is a function of the relative weight given to two biblical verses. The first is most commonly introduced into discussions of this nature is Leviticus 18:22, which forbids and denounces as an abomination sexual relations between two men. (Sex between women is not specifically forbidden in the Bible, but is prohibited by extension in subsequent Jewish law.) The second is Genesis 1:27, which reminds us that each human being, male and female, has been created in the Divine Image. From this, tradition derives that...
...scriptural authority for giving Sanctuary to the refugees, Christian activists sometimes cite Leviticus 19: 34: "The stranger who sojourns with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself." The concept of asylum flourished in the Middle Ages, when churches and monasteries sheltered most criminals from their pursuers for up to 40 days, until the fugitive chose either exile or surrender to civil authority. The 19th century U.S. underground railroad, which smuggled slaves from the South to safety, could be regarded as a unique American application of the biblical injunction. Sanctuary supporters...
HOMOSEXUALITY. "Is homosexuality a disease? No! It is a sin," insists Preacher Joe Chambers of Paw Creek, N.C. His judgment is based on such Bible references as Leviticus 18: 22 ("You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination") and Romans 1: 27 ("men committing shameless acts with men"). Traditionalists thus believe that government should do nothing to recognize or encourage homosexual activity. In communities across the nation, Fundamentalists and other religionists are lobbying against homosexual-rights bills. They are alarmed by a federal court ruling applying the District of Columbia gay-rights...
...widespread Christian belief that homosexual acts are sinful is based on explicit statements in the Bible, including the passage from Leviticus: "If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination." But the Metropolitan Community Church teaches that homosexuality is "a gift from God" and that there is nothing immoral about gay relationships. The church also conducts rites of "holy union" for gay couples, as well as "holy matrimony" for heterosexual couples...
...Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and from beyond the Jordan." This moves the action along briskly, but at the sacrifice of historical detail. Many complicated sections are cut altogether, such as those Old Testament family trees and lists of kings and much of the ritual law in Leviticus...