Religion & Morality vis-à-vis Homosexuality
Posted on July 2, 2009 - Filed Under Politics, Religion | 2 Comments
Here’s a smattering of BBC News readers’ opinions about an Indian court’s decision to decriminalise gay sex. For every sensible “good for India” comment there seems to be a comment along the lines of “homosexuality is an abomination forbidden by God”. Defenders of religion are fond of claiming that religious values promote things like treating fellow human beings decently, but it’s clear in this instance that most of the commenters hate people they know nothing about, for reasons that are none of their business, and all because their religion tells them to think this way. It’s a pretty sad state of affairs.
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Eh, you learn to ignore them.
Yes, it is “a pretty sad state of affairs” that a large segment of the population, particularly the religious right and those influenced by it, still regards gay men and women as second-class citizens – or worse. That is the salient point of my recently released biographical novel, Broken Saint. It is based on my forty-year friendship with a gay man, and chronicles his internal and external struggles as he battles for acceptance (of himself and by others, including fellow Mormons). More information on the book is available at http://www.eloquentbooks.com/BrokenSaint.html.
Mark Zamen, author