Passages from the bible that have been cited as opposing homosexuality
Genesis 19:5[1] Many interpret this passage as citing homosexual behavior which allegedly contributed to the destruction of ancient cities Sodom and Gomorrah. This story became the source of the word sodomy. Ben Witherington III “Was Sodom into Sodomy?” – “The verb yada ‘to know’ is used to mean sexual sharing in the Sodom story [opposed to meaning ‘to know’ in a social sense], when Lot offers his daughters for them ‘to know’ (i.e. have sexual intercourse with). It’s probable that it means the same thing earlier, when the citizens of Sodom ask Lot to bring out his guests so they may ‘know’ them. Lot accuses them of acting wickedly–an odd charge if all they meant is that they wanted to interrogate them to discover if they were spies. The biblical echoes of the Sodom story, furthermore, all clearly refer to sexual sin. Jeremiah 49:18 criticizes Jerusalem for its sexual sin, and says it is like Sodom. Ezekiel 16:49 is sometimes cited to prove that the sin of Sodom was only inhospitality. But the next verse says the residents of Sodom were destroyed because they did ‘abominable things before me.’ Abominable, is the very term Lev. 18:22 and 20:13 uses to criticize homosexual intercourse.”
Leviticus 18:22 – “You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; this is an abomination”.[2].
Romans 1 Verse 27b – “Men committed shameless acts with men and received in their own persons the due penalty for their sin.”[4]
Paul – verses and interpretations that sodomy is wrong – verse 26 – “they have exchanged the natural use for that which is contrary to nature.” – Ben Witherington III cites this as an illustration of a biblical rebuke of sodomy.
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