Not just because homosexuality is a sin, but because it is also shameful and intimidating. All religious patriarchs in the Middle East unanimously believe it is one of the most horrible sins. ... Moreover, in interviewing the Sheikh in the mosque, he ascertained that this kind of act is the worst of all sins, to an extent that it is more terrible than adultery. ... , he said, the punishment "death" will have cleared their sin in life. ... While homosexuality among Muslims was described in the past as a common occurrence, it is now rejected as nonexistent among Arab and Muslim males (Abukhalil,...

• Word Count: 1674
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Much of the protest against same-sex marriages is from religious groups stating that marriage is a religious experience and that God sees homosexuality as a sin. ... This world is sick and corrupt, I would spend my life making sure they saw that so they would not be blinded by it." * Some see is as an "ordinary" sin, in the same leagues as all other incorrect behavior like, lying, cheating, or stealing. Others consider it such a serious sin that it will prevent gays and lesbians from attaining heaven after death, even id they have been previously saved. ... Just as it's happened in the pa...

• Word Count: 1442
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Comments like "homosexuality is a sin". " With all the beautiful woman in the world why would a man want to be with another man?" ... Many African American males feel that AIDS is a curse that god has put on gays for their sins. ... "Homosexuality is a sin." ... Hate the sin not the sinner. A lot of people asked me over the past few weeks why was I doing a study on homosexuality and homophobia if I wasn't gay. ...

• Word Count: 1889
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In the past, just the idea of two people of the same sex being involved was considered taboo, let alone them actually getting married. ... They consider homosexuality a sin and do not believe that they should be allowed to marry after committing a sin. ...

• Word Count: 1870
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"One of the oldest myths in the modern western tradition is that homosexuality is evil: a sin, a disease, and a crime, whether against society or against nature; an abnormal lifeway that creates hypersexual and selfish delinquents, fiendish vampires, and monsters on the edge of society" (Herdt 25). ... Within the past 10 years service members have been permitted to go to gay bars, attend gay marches and demonstrations, read gay magazines and display photos of lovers on their desks without the risk of being questioned by the authorities. ... Any given society with derogatory names has in the ...

• Word Count: 1677
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The old arguments of "Homosexuality being an abomination against God" and "Homosexuality is a sin" are still believed by many "so called" devout Christians, but can not be effectively backed up with any proof. ... That's what the Bible is, an interpretation of what someone else has saw full of stories thru someone else's eyes and several other translation that have come about over the past hundreds of years. ...

• Word Count: 1414
• Approx Pages: 6

Foucald states that it was only in the nineteenth century that a 'homosexual became a personage, a past, a case history and a childhood' (Foucalt, 1978, p.43) so it is apparent that prior to this a taste for male/male sexual intercourse did not define one's identity. ... The nearest terms that can be found that identify with our understanding of homosexuality is that of 'bugger' and 'sodomite' and these terms are more general in that they include those "sins" as described above and these were temptations 'to which all, in principle at least, were subjec...

• Word Count: 1749
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In today's post-September 11th society that is filled with "weapons of mass destruction,"" the hottest topic in the news is that of same sex marriage. Headlines opposing and supporting are covering all newspapers, news stations and even talk shows. The recent uproar in Massachusetts and San Franci...

• Word Count: 1973
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School