During the last few years, the issue of homosexuality has become a focus of increasingly heated debate in all realms-religious, political, clinical, and academic. The debate over homosexuality and the Bible-specifically whether or not the Bible condemns homosexual acts in all cases-will do no less than rip the body of Christ apart within the next decade. It will force believers to declare, in black and white terms, where they stand on issues of sexuality and biblical interpretation. The emotions generated during the debate will, as always, color and cloud the issue. You are already participating in the battle. Whether you're a fighter, a family member impacted by a loved one's homosexuality, or an interested party, at some point you'll be approached by someone who will claim that Scripture doesn't forbid homosexual practices. That person's argument will force you to give an answer for your beliefs.
             But before we look at the debate over homosexuality and the Bible, we must focus on the cause or the movement of the gay rights. In our research on the history of gay rights we come across an individual by the name of Jerry Sloan (keep in mind he offered no evidence for his statements). Jerry Sloan traced the history of gay rights back to Cain. When Cain ambled over to the land of Nod to seek a wife, chances are, had he been so oriented, he probably could have just as easily found himself a husband.
             There is every indication that homosexual relationships have existed for at least as long as there have been historical records. Sloan goes on saying that these records establish that some of the most outstanding people of ancient cultures were homosexual including: Sappho (610-580 B.C.E.); Plato (427-347 B.C.E.); Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.E.); Julius Caesar (100-22 B.C.E.); to say nothing of the great army of lovers known as the Sacred Band of Thebes (371 B.C.E.). Sloan also looks at the s...