ilence: Friedrich-Paul Von Groszheim). Pink triangles became concubines of male Kapos or other men of supervisory positions among inmates, they were known as dolls boys and during these affairs they were awarded certain protections. The camp commander of Flossenburg often ordered pink triangles flogged. A sixty-year-old gay priest was beaten over his sexual organs and ended up dying the next day. Homosexuals were reportedly tortured to death by tickling (Homosexuals). There were two stressed reasons why homosexuals were condemned. Homosexuals were seen as a threat to Aryan breeding policy and the macho-centered Nazism felt threatened by gay men, as they were associated with having a lack of manliness (Homosexuals 52).
             There has been a history of anti-gay behavior throughout history that Christianity seems to have had a significant effect on. The Bible, a highly held piece of literature does actually state homosexuality is wrong in the book of Leviticus 18:22 "You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination" and also 20:13 "If a man lies with a male as with a woman both of them have committed an abomination; they shall be put to death for their abominable deed; they have forfeited their lives." But one must keep in mind that the book of Leviticus deems women unclean for up to two weeks after childbirth. The Book of Leviticus is considered a product of its culture and is rarely practiced. The opposition against the use of the Book of Leviticus is not unfounded such as in Isiah 56:3-5:
             "Let no the foreigner say, when he would join himself to the Lord
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