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Homosexuality a former crime is now celebrated?

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Today people are pushing for same sex marriage. But only a few decades ago homosexuality was deemed to be illegal. So what happened? How did homosexuality that was 'against nature' (physical design / reproduction), a crime, becomes something to be celebrated as something - good, positive ( as per LGBTQ radicals)?  The 1950 UK Wolfenden Report which decriminalized homosexuality as an 'act against nature' was based on flawed science from Alfred Kinsey who essentially molested children. Fake science was the basis of this horrific decision. In the early years of the American colonies , the penalty for sodomy was death, and a number of executions are documented. Why was sodomy, usually conceived of as anal intercourse between men, thought of as treason against the state, and punished so harshly?  Even in Australia , until 1949, the death penalty remained on the statute books for sodomy in the southern state of Victoria . Legislative change came in Septembe...

Are the ancient law codes relevant to today’s discussion, either those that tolerated homosexual behavior or later codes that dealt harshly with homosexuals?

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Are the ancient law codes relevant to today’s discussion, either those that tolerated homosexual behavior or later codes that dealt harshly with homosexuals? The Revisionist Answer The later Christian emperors used their influence to change the legal standing of homosexual behavior so that law came to restrict it. They did this out of a Christian bias and a misinterpretation of Scripture. These prejudiced laws should have no standing in today’s culture. The Biblical and Historical Answer Because proscription of homosexuality begins with regulations of Leviticus 18 and 20, calling for the death penalty, this dismissive attitude seems premature. Paul (1 Tim. 1:8–10) includes homosexuality in his list of immoralities that he believes society should proscribe. The Mishnah and targums, intertestamental literature , Philo and Josephus, and early Christian church fathers share this emphasis in any reference remotely dealing with the subject. Even the Greeks did not allow un...

Quotes to encourage you to join in the defence of children, marriage and family

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"There is nothing homophobic about supporting traditional marriage." - Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard. “You will never build a society on it. You will not build a nation on it.” - Former Prime Minister Paul Keating on same-sex marriage. “Intact and fully functional families constitute the least costly social welfare system yet devised by mankind.” - John Howard. It is "an affront to the Aboriginal People of Australia to suggest another definition of marriage." - Statement form 70 Aboriginal leaders opposing same-sex "marriage.' “Life has a natural flow, there are things that should not be changed… You are born to a mother and a father… The family is not a fad.” – Dolce & Gabbana (homosexual fashion designers). “Destroy the family, destroy the nation.” - Vladimir Lenin (Marxist communist). "No one is born gay. The idea is ridiculous... Homosexuality is not an inborn trait." Dr. Camille Paglia (Homosexual). "Once you make t...