What do religious people have against homosexuality?
Scripture and Homosexuality Christians have been among the most ardent opponents of homosexuality, because they believe it is contrary to the explicit teaching of the Bible. One might think gays would not really care what the Bible says about their lifestyle, because they do not view Scripture as their authority, and think it is wrong on this matter anyway. However, there are many homosexuals who not only care about scriptural teaching, but think it does not condemn their practice. As Walter Barnett writes: “Some theologians and a number of Gay Christians, working from a growing understanding of the biblical texts, have come to the conclusion that the Bible does not exclude homosexual people from the Christian fellowship.…” John J. McNeill’s opinion is more extreme as he cites favorably what he calls the opinion of scholars that “nowhere in the Scripture is there a clear condemnation of a loving sexual relationship between two gay persons.” Can these claims be right when at least six p
