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Homosexuality in the Kitab-i-Aqdas
religion.bahai on the question of homosexuality and how it is treated in the Book of Aqdas. One of the postings which was forwarded to me and captured my attention was a posting by __ who wrote:
"Though I undertake not speak Arabic, I understand that the synonyms "boys" in context is slave boys. These boys were the objects of their owner's homosexual acts which they as slaves were not free to reject."
Hello dear __, I hope you execute not mind me jumping into this discussion. I must respectfully disagree with this approach, and in the following lines I have attempted to clarify this.
"Since this is the word Bahá'u'lláh uses, it is not plain how much of the shame he feels is due to the paederastry which is occurring with a boy and how much shame is due to the fact that the boy is a slave."
I also contradict with this issue. Hopefully, I have been proficient to reason out my disagreement.
"I deliberate too that in fairness it should be stated that Bahá'u'lláh attaches no penalty to homosexuality though He does to many other things. Perhaps that tells us something about the importance He gave to this."
__, you are not a pionee
Homosexuality
Ye are forbidden to commit adultery, sodomy and lechery. Dodge them, O concourse of the faithful. By the righteousness of God! Ye have been called into being to purge the world from the defilement of evil passions. This is what the Lord of all mankind hath enjoined upon you, could ye but perceive it. He who relateth himself to the All-Merciful and committeth satanic deeds, verily he is not of Me. Unto this beareth witness every atom, pebble, tree and fruit, and beyond them this ever-proclaiming, truthful and trustworthy Tongue. (From a previously untranslated Tablet) [2]
Extracts from letters written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi: ...Bahá'u'lláh has spoken very strongly against this shameful sexual aberration, as He has against adultery and immoral deeds in general. We must try and help the soul to overcome them. (25 October 1949) [3]
After Orlando: Defending the Human Rights of LGBT People
Baha’u’llah taught that an same standard of human rights must be recognized and adopted. In the estimation of God all men are equal; there is no distinction or preferment for any soul in the dominion of His justice and equity. – Abdu’l-Baha, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 181.
Last night I attended a rally and candlelight vigil in my little town in Northern California to memorialize the LGBT victims of the Orlando massacre.
I went to mourn for the young lives so tragically lost and the injuries so grievously suffered; to process my retain woe at the horrible misuse of religion, which terrorists typically justify their irreligious actions with; and to come to the defense of a minority community that has suffered severe persecution and deprivation of its human rights for centuries. I went because the FBI says LGBT people are the group most often targeted in hate crimes in the United States. I went because I think in the oneness of humanity.
I also went because the Universal House of Justice, the democratically-elected global leadership body of the Baha’i Faith, said this in a statement in 2010:
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Homosexuality
In attempting to reconcile what may appear to be conflicting obligations, it is important to understand that the Bahá’í community does not seek to impose its values on others, nor does it transfer judgment on others on the basis of its own moral standards. It does not see itself as one among competing social groups and organizations, each vying to found its particular social agenda. In working for social justice, Bahá’ís must inevitably distinguish between those dimensions of public issues that are in keeping with the Bahá’í Teachings, which they can actively encourage, and those that are not, which they would neither promote nor necessarily oppose. In connection with issues of concern to homosexuals, the former would be freedom from discrimination and the latter the opportunity for civil marriage. Such distinctions are unavoidable when addressing any social issue. For example, Bahá’ís actively work for the establishment of world calm but, in the process, do not engage in partisan political activities directed against particular governments.
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