Lgbt Rights Opposition

One huge problem for early LGBT rights movements was religious opposition, especially christian opposition. For over 2000 years, Christians have seen being gay as immoral (“Gay”). Many of them refer back to the biblical sections that many Christian followers interpreted as anti-gay (Slick). One of the most commonly referenced verse, “Leviticus 18:22, ‘You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination’ ” (Slick). Leviticus 20:13, "If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltness is upon them." Other anti-gay verses in the bible include, 1 “Leviticus 20:13, ‘If there is a man who lies with a male …show more content…
Muslims are against gay marriage because it goes against certain sections in the holy books, the Qur’an and the Sunnah. For example, many Islamic scholars have interpreted some passages in these holy books to say that homosexuality goes against the way that God made human beings (Huda). Some people have also seen that other sections in the Qur’an say that homosexuality destroys the essence of family and marriage that Islam holds, and that if people start accepting homosexuality, they will begin to go against God in many other ways (Huda). Other more extremist groups of Muslims took harsher opinions and actions. Starting in the 1980s, they began to refer to homosexuals as " ‘paedophiles and Aids carriers’ " (Whitaker). Many of them claimed that they wanted homosexuality to be "eradicated" because homosexuality resembled horrible illnesses (Whitaker). They even began to act out on their opinions by protesting in the streets and lobbying politicians (Whitaker). Some even began to believe that homosexuality was a crime that should be punishable by death (Whitaker). Because of Islamic opposition, it was challenging for developments in early LGBT rights movements to take