If we know one thing about guys in ancient Rome, it’s that they swung both ways. “Roman society almost unanimously assumed that adult males would be capable of, if not interested in, sexual relations with both sexes,” as John Boswell noted back in his 1980
What is a eunuch by birth? A curious, enigmatic, debated, and often dismissed, verse is found in the 19th chapter of the New Testament’s Gospel of Matthew. Some scholars for the past 40 years or so have argued that it includes a reference to men
Jesus and homosexuality: A lens It’s common for more progressive Christians to defend LGBTQ+ people by saying that Jesus said nothing about homosexuality. But is that true, if we’re referring to the versions of Jesus that have made it down to us in the collections
“O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.” (Isaiah 3:12) “… he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.” (Isaiah 5:7) About twenty years ago, I was asked by a
O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths. (Isaiah 3:12) he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry. (Isaiah 5:7) Many years ago, I was asked by the then-pastor of
About a year ago, after my giving a talk on how the Bible doesn’t condemn, but actually affirms, same-sex love, a woman with a gay brother, raised in a Christian family, asked me to write out “talking points” on the subject of the consistency between
The union of a man and a woman is the most enduring human institution, honored and encouraged in all cultures and by every religious faith… Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society. (President George