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Arguments Against Homosexuality (view source)
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In 2003, the [[Pew Research Center]] stated that in the [[United States]], religious beliefs underpin opposition to [[homosexuality]] according to a study they conducted. <ref>http://pewforum.org/docs/index.php?DocID=37</ref> [[Judeo-Christian]] objections nearly always refer to what the [[Homosexuality and the Bible|Bible states about homosexuality]], which, it is argued, condemns homosexual acts in both [[Old Testament|Old]] and [[New Testament]]s. For example, [[Book of Leviticus|Leviticus]] 18:22 says
In 2003, the [[Pew Research Center]] stated that in the [[United States]], religious beliefs underpin opposition to [[homosexuality]] according to a study they conducted. <ref>http://pewforum.org/docs/index.php?DocID=37</ref> [[Judeo-Christian]] objections nearly always refer to what the [[Homosexuality and the Bible|Bible states about homosexuality]], which, it is argued, condemns homosexual acts in both [[Old Testament|Old]] and [[New Testament]]s. For example, [[Book of Leviticus|Leviticus]] 18:22 says
<blockquote>"A man shall not lie with man as with a woman."</blockquote>
<blockquote>"A man shall not lie with man as with a woman."</blockquote>
Religious opposition to homosexuality is evident in the world's two major religions, Christianity and Islam. For both, the most severe punishment for homosexual acts has been the death penalty, which was practiced in Medieval, Renaissance, and Modern Europe before the 1900, in the United States in earlier centuries, and in some Islamic countries to the present day.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A7715315]</ref> <ref>[http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?pagename=Islamonline-English-Ask_Scholar/FatwaE/FatwaE&cid=1119503547102]</ref> More recently, some Christians and others have established organizations to help people who want to change deal with their homosexuality through counselling, prayer, and re-prioritizing their lives (see the external links, below).
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