is it wrong to be gay and committed to a religion?eg.gay christian?

Question

even though i'm not gay, i just don't know what's wrong with it? i've asked some religous leaders and they all oppose to same sex marraiges
what do you think? i would like to hear what other religous leaders say about this?

i would also like to hear what homosexuals have to say about this

Answer 1

I as a religious Homosexual have a bunch of beleifs. I LOVE GOD with my HEART, BODY, and SOUL. I know he is a great and loving God ever merciful and understanding. I was BORN Gay I did not choose to be this way. I prayed for him to change me and he didnt. And after a while of thinking " God has abandoned me" I realized he didnt change me becaus ehe created me and he makes no mistakes. As any loving Father would he wants all his kids to be happy. Since I am one of his children I know the same applys for me. I found a man that I am in love with we are engaged and we are living together. I think God reads my heart and knows I am a good person. And since God is the reader of hearts and judges mostly on heart conditions Im hoping he understands me and will do what he has to with me in the time of judgement. Either way it is not in my power.
Now as far as m y belef in MAN. ITs small very, very small. Man has grown so arrogant and has interpreted the bible in so many different ways in order to control the masses. I mean MAN has used the bible to do some pretty bad things. I mean Thousands of Women and Homosexuals were burned at stakes and accused of being Witches. ALl in Gods name with a bible in hand.
African Americans, Jews, adn other ethnicities were lynched while people had their bible in hands and took pictures by the hanging bodies. Swearing they were doing some kind of Gods work.
Bible thumpers have used the bible to support the unconstitutional lack or civil rights for women and Blacks. Men have controled so much. ANd now that there has been ammendments and women and blacks have more rights the major minority is us the homosexuals. And dont get me started on the homosexuals who are Black or Women its double the crap for them.
I say live and let live. I try my best not to judge anyone. I let God do that. Why? Because to do otherwise would be lacking in faith that he can rid the world of the things that are bad. I know he will. I dont have to agree with my neighbor but I do have to love him like I love myself, I do have to do on to him as I would like him to do unto me. This si what alot of Christians dont get today and dont practice. They follow and pick and choose what it is they want to from the bible. It doesnt work that way. SOme may feel Im radical and dead wrong, but again Leave me and the rest of the homo's in God hands and worry about yourself. If anything wonder WHY you hate it so much? IT doesnt effect you in any way! Two men living together or getting married will never ever effect you at all. Gay is not something you catch or choose.

Answer 2

Well...being gay and having a same sex marriage can be two different arguments entirely.

Essentially, I think it's all in your priorities and beliefs, but it can be very confusing I'm sure. While the Bible teaches that homosexuality is a sin, it also insists on loving everyone despite their sins. Which is more relevant? The sin or the love? In several cases, it comes down to how an individual (or an individual's church/temple/etc) interperets the passages from the Bible.

I can speak only from how I feel. I'm not a religious leader of any sort, nor am I a homosexual, but here is how I've come to look at things through my life experiences any my religion's beliefs (and please note that I'm not a member of a "mainstream" religion so to speak, so this may differ greatly from the viewpoints of others):

Judgement is not ours to make. Opinions formed based on what we know, certainly, it's human nature, but never judgement. And so no matter who comes into my religion, that person as an individual will be accepted with open arms and not made to feel inferior for his or her sins regardless of what the sins are. Not that I've ever seen. Love, compassion and tolerance take precident over anything else.

I hope this helps, it's a very good question, I'm interested in hearing some of the replies.

Answer 3

I think the religeous leaders are mistaking today with the dark ages and are scared of change. I am not homosexual but don't have a problem with people who are homosexual. For the people who have a problem with it because the couple can't have children how many heterosexual couples either can't or choose not to have children.

Honestly I think people should get over thier petty fears and concentrate thier energy on something useful like world wide poverty and climate change then the world can actually be made into a better place not an assimilated world void of fre choice

Answer 4

None of us probably know the full extent of what being gay does to the gay person but I can tell you a few things they do not want straight people to know. Prostititis (an often incurable infection) is often an incurable disease which is sometimes painful and often uncomfortable and the cause is sodomy where bacteria from the intestines infect the prostate gland. TMJ is a common physical ailment caused by oral sex. There are I am sure others. STDs are not a problem in a society where only married people have sex together.

Being a counselor by profession I am acquainted with psychological problems the gay community has that the hetero community does not.

God lumps the practice of gay sex right in there with gossip which has very many negative effects on society, so as I have noted in the past God and His word give us good advice and if you want to verify that it is good advice you can but why waste your time, just understand His view point is superior to ours. "now we look into a mirror darkly but when the perfect comes then we will see as we are seen" listen and learn.

Answer 5

Because God is the creator he has the right to make his rules. But beside that, everything he has done is for our benefit. So what is wrong with gay lifestyle? One it is an un-natural act. There are male and female and the purpose is to breed and have children. However since we are the only creature that is conscious and have intelligence to know or ponder of a creator, gives a notion that we are more than just a animal on the earth.

For most animals that just breed, as you well know, humans spread several S.T.D.'s These like in Africa are an epidemic levels. More better purpose for our human design, is one man with one woman for a lifetime. This by several moder study is shown to benefit persons in marriage in all areas of life from health, physical and mental, and just being happy. If they apply bible principles. The arrangement from God is the male is the head. this only means that the male is responsible, not to be an abuser. with me so far....

so to be gay and committed to a religion, is not wrong if they allow it, according to the bible yes it is.. It is un-natural, can cause, can spread certain diseases, leads to lust, and unhappiness. Even though to have feelings of being gay, it is not an excuse to be gay, it is a sin, and like any other sin, we have to repent and fight off those type of tendencies.

Answer 6

It's definitel not wrong to be gay, homosexuality is a normal human variation like height or IQ and none of us whether straight or gay can choose our sexual orientation which is fixed very early in infancy if not from birth.
Whether it is right to be committed to a religion is another matter, I'm atheist myself.
Here is a very genuine group of gay Christians who are working toward an inclusive church you might like to check out their site and there is an option to contact them if you want to:
http://www.lgcm.org.uk/

Answer 7

get to the point in your religious maturity where you don't need religious leaders to tell you what to think. Most of them are making it up as they go along anyway.

As you can see from so many of the other answers, religion, for many people, is not a way to share in God's love, but a tool to be used to impose their own bigotry on the world. God loves all people, and he couldn't care less if you are gay or straight, just that you love other people.

Answer 8

There is no difference in the sin in of itself. Both are sins and the penalty for both is death. A Christian who regularly commits the sin of lying must question him/herself as to whether or not they actually are a Christian. This doesn't mean that they aren't but their relationship with God is certainly not up to snuff. Even as Christians we may still falter, even habitually. Lying can be addictive and become a habit that is hard to break. The question is is the lying person repenting and trying to stop telling lies. Or, are they making excuses for the lying, are they trying to defend their lies and do they try to pass the lies off as "ok" or "good". By contrast, the difference between a person who has homosexual urges and someone who is openly gay is that one person may fight against the temptations of those urges, try to restrain and recognized that it is a sin and to be avoided (even though in a moment of weakness they may give in on occasion) whereas the openly gay person parades their sin out in the street, defends it, proliferates it and eagerly indulges in it. That is the difference. God knows that we won't win every battle against temptation. But he does ask that we fight every battle against temptation.

Answer 9

I'm not a religious leader, nor can I speak for any religion other than my own (Roman Catholicism) on this subject.

Being committed to the Catholic faith means to be committed to adopting ALL of its theological and moral teachings. One cannot be a "cafeteria Catholic" -- that is, one who picks and chooses what to believe or not to believe.

With the Catholic faith, it's very much all or nothing.

That includes the Church's teachings on homosexual conduct.

There's nothing wrong with being a practicing Catholic if one has a homosexual ORIENTATION. The orientation is morally neutral in the Church's eyes.

But homosexual BEHAVIOR is not -- and living a gay lifestyle is not at all compatible with being in full communion with the Catholic Church.

Granted, we all sin. But most people do not build an entire lifestyle around a given sin, as actively gay people do. Nor do most of us place so much of our self-identity at the center of a given sin, as many gay people do.

That's the main difference between the gay lifestyle and the average, everyday, run-of-the-mill sin.

Answer 10

The practice of gayness was deemed wrong through out the ages not really being gay per se.

The practice as you know involves abusing the body to get sexual satisfaction.

But the body was not meant to be used that way and since no children can be born between two gay people, gayness is just practicing sex for the purpose of pleasure and not really to have kids.

Theres nothing wrong with being gay per se.

If you want devote yourself to religion, but you cant do anything about your gay feelings, and you dont practice gayness, then I dont see why you cant.

Religion means devoting yourself to God anyway, so you cant really practice that and sleep with the same sex...because marriage that yields children is obeying Gods orders anyway.