This week we learned some prohibitions, and all of them were being addressed to the men. Not to sleep with the same sex, and some other things. I am sure many people were wondering- why weren't the women mentioned in the prohibition of sleeping with the same sex? There is no direct textual prohibition of homosexual acts between women anywhere in the Torah, though I am sure rabbis think it is forbidden. So far, from what we have learned, it seems that women can be with other women. Men can't be with men because they have to fulfill pru rvu. But women don't have to so they can be with one another.
Well, there is a religious community in Israel of gay men and lesbian women who marry each other so they can have kids (woman marries man) and then they both accept that they will be sleeping with the opposite sex (woman 'cheats' with a woman, man with man).
I wanted to know what your thoughts were on this. Do you think this is acceptable? If women are allowed to be with one another, they violate no commandment until they cheat on their husbands! and now, not only are the men sinning by being gay, they are cheating too! Anyways, they supposedly get karet (HARSH!) for being gay... so is it any worse for them?
Also, if it is prohibited for men to be gay why didn't Hashem just not give people a gay inclination?
Oh, and one last thing- is there a psychological factor when it comes to being gay? Does it have to do with nurture, or nature? Are certain people born this way, or are they raised in such a way that makes them gay?
Well, there is a religious community in Israel of gay men and lesbian women who marry each other so they can have kids (woman marries man) and then they both accept that they will be sleeping with the opposite sex (woman 'cheats' with a woman, man with man).
I wanted to know what your thoughts were on this. Do you think this is acceptable? If women are allowed to be with one another, they violate no commandment until they cheat on their husbands! and now, not only are the men sinning by being gay, they are cheating too! Anyways, they supposedly get karet (HARSH!) for being gay... so is it any worse for them?
Also, if it is prohibited for men to be gay why didn't Hashem just not give people a gay inclination?
Oh, and one last thing- is there a psychological factor when it comes to being gay? Does it have to do with nurture, or nature? Are certain people born this way, or are they raised in such a way that makes them gay?
To answer your question of "why didn't Hashem just not give people a gay inclination?"
ReplyDeleteYou could ask this same question for everything. The thing is, we have free will.
Also, i don't think that it's fair that women are technically more allowed to be gay than men are. I don't know, it doesn't make any sense.
Also, i just want to add, that it's very sad for them that they're rejected by their religion. They can't help it!
Exactly we have free will and if people are gay then theyre gay. It's not right that they get karet.
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