What is Judaisms view on homosexuality?
Traditional Judaism has seen – and continues to see – homosexuality as an abomination (Refer to Leviticus, chapter 18. Interestingly, neither the Torah nor the rabbinic tradition has much to say concerning lesbian relationships. It is the male’s “spilling of seed” anywhere other than in the usual “place” that is seen as a sin). Many in the traditional community today will say that they accept the homosexual person as a Jew, but they cannot condone what they understand to be sinful behavior nor can they that say that homosexuality is on the same level as heterosexuality. On the other hand, there are those, not all, who believe that the traditional laws against homosexuality originated in a more ritual context, since, for the most part, the word “abomination” was applied more in the ritual sphere of life than in the ethical. The Torah seems to see homosexual relations in a cultic context rather than something more parallel to the interpersonal context of heterosexual relationships. Altho
