SCRIPTURE

Narada Purana 15:93-95
"The great sinner who discharges semen in non-vagins, in those who are destitute of vulva, and uteruses of animals shall fall into the hell 'reto-bhojana' (where one has to subsist on semen). He then falls into 'vasakupa' (a deep and narrow well of fat). There he stays for seven divine years. That man has semen for his diet. He becomes the despicable man in the world when reborn."

Srimad Bhagavatam 3:23
"Lord Brahma then gave birth to the demons from his buttocks, and they were very fond of sex. Because they were too lustful, they approached him for copulation".

Bhagavad Gita 7:11
"I am sex life which is not contrary to religious principles".

"THE LAWS OF MANU"
Translated by Wendy Doniger with Brian K. Smith
First Published 1991 by Penguin Books

Chapter 2 verse 158: "As an impotent man produces no fruit in women, as a cow produces no fruit in a cow, and as a gift made to an ignorant man is fruitless, so a priest who does not know the Rg Veda is fruitless."

Chapter 3 verse 150: "Manu has said that priests who are thieves, fallen men, impotent men, or atheists are unworthy of the offerings to the gods and ancestors."

Commentary: Kliba, usually translated as 'eunuch', is not a eunuch; there is no evidence that there were eunuchs in India before the Arab invasions many centuries after Manu. The term designates a 'non-man' (na-pumsaka is given by all the commentators on this verse as a synonym for Kliba), that is, a sexually dysfunctional male, who might be, according to the context, impotent, homosexual, a transvestite, or, in some cases, a man with mutilated or defective sexual organs. (One commentator on this verse gives, in addition to na-pumsaka, several glosses: a hermaphrodite, a man with blighted semen, and a sanda). One dictionary describes fourteen different kinds of Klibas, one of whom is a mukhabhaga (a man who allows his mouth to be used as a vagina) and resorts to boys. Male homosexuals are scorned in the Kamasutra, and female homosexuals are scorned by Manu (8.369).

Chapter 8 verse 226: "The Vedic verses for the wedding ceremony of joining hands are established only for virgins, and nowhere among men for those who are not virgins, for such women are deprived of the religious rites."

Commentary: 'Those who are not virgins' are more literally 'non-virgins' (akanya); one commentator, perhaps taking 'among men' into consideration, suggests that this term designates homosexuals.

verse 369: "If a virgin does it to another virgin, she should be fined two hundred (pennies), be made to pay double (the girl's) bride-price, and receive ten whip (lashes).

verse 370: "But if a (mature) woman does it to a virgin, her head should be shaved immediately or two of her fingers should be cut off, and she should be made to ride on a donkey."

Chapter 11 verse 68: "Causing an injury to a priest, smelling wine or things that are not to be smelled, crookedness, and sexual union with a man are traditionally said to cause loss of caste."

Commentary: Some commentators specify that the male homosexual act ('sticking in the penis') takes place in the mouth and so forth, others in the anus and so forth.

verse 174: "If a man has shed his semen in non-human females, in a man, in a menstruating woman, in something other than a vagina, or in water, he should carry out the 'Painful Heating' vow.

Commentary: The commentators point out that the female animal might be a mare or a ewe, but not a cow, intercourse with whom would be something other than a vagina, or in water, he should carry out the 'Painful Heating' vow.

verse 175: "If a twice-born man unites sexually with a man or a woman in a cart pulled by a cow, or in water, or by day, he should bathe with his clothes on

verse 213: "The 'Painful Heating' vow is traditionally said to consist of cow's urine, cow dung, milk, yogurt, melted butter, water infused with sacrificial grass, and a fast of one night.

Commentary: This is the krcchrasantapana vow, which includes the five cow products.

The Bible
Old Testament

Genesis 19:5
...and they [the men of Sodom] called to Lot, "Where are the men [the angels] who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us, so that we may know them." (In the context of this sentence, the Hebrew word "Yadah" means "know" which refers to sexual intercourse.)
(See story of Lot in Genesis 1-11)

Leviticus 18:22
You shall not lie with a man as with a woman; it is an abomination.

Leviticus 20:13
If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

Judges 19:22
While they were enjoying themselves, the men of the city, a perverse lot, surrounded the house, and started pounding on the door. They said to the old man, the master of the house, "Bring out the man who came into your house, so that we may have intercourse with him." (Similar situation as in Sodom. This time it's in the city of Gibeah, and the men want to have sex with a Levite male visitor.)

New Testament

Romans 1:26-28
"For this reason God gave them up to degrading passions. Their women exchanged natural intercourse for unnatural, and in the same way also the men, giving up natural intercourse with women, were consumed with passion for one another. Men committed shameless acts with men and received in their own persons the due penalty for their error. And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind and to things that should not be done."

1 Corinthians 6:9-10
"Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, sodomites, thieves, the greedy, drunkards, revilers, robbers-none of these will inherit the kingdom of God."

1 Timothy 1:8-11
"Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it legitimately. This means understanding that the law is laid down not for the innocent but for the lawless and disobedient, for the godless and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their father or mother, for murderers, fornicators, sodomites, slave traders, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to the sound teaching that conforms to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me."

2 Peter 2:6-10
"...and if by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction and made them an example of what is coming to the ungodly; and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man greatly distressed by the licentiousness of the lawless (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by their lawless deeds that he saw and heard), then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly under punishment until the day of judgment-especially those who indulge their flesh in depraved lust, and who despise authority."

Jude 7
"Likewise, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which, in the same manner as they, indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire."

Pahlavi Texts

Pahlavi Texts 27:7
"In one place it is declared, that of him whose begetting is owing to the demons, of him who commits sodomy, and of him who commits the religious rites of apostasy, of none of the three do they restore the dead, for this reason, because he whose begetting is owing to the demons is himself a demon, and the soul of him who commits sodomy will become a demon, and the soul of him who performs religious rites of apostasy will become a darting snake."

The Koran (Qur'an)

Surah 4 :16
"If two men among you are guilty of lewdness, punish them both. If they repent and amend, leave them alone; for Allah is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful."

Surah 7: 80-81
We also (sent) Lut: He said to his people: "Do ye commit lewdness such as no people in creaton (ever) committed before you? For ye practise your lusts on men in preference to women: ye are indeed a people transgressing beyond bounds."

Surah 26:165-166
"Of all the creatures in the world, will ye approach males, and leave those whom Allah has created for you to be your mates? Nay, ye are a people transgressing (all limits)!"

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