Homosexuality

uot;inside [Noah's] tent" to see him may indicate sexually perverse intent. It was apparently not an accidental encounter with his nude father. The curse placed on Ham because of this was on Canaan, Ham's son, not on Ham himself. The fact that Ham's descendants through Canaan were cursed indicated that the severity of the sin was more than an unintentional glance, at his nude father.
             The Mosaic law condemned homosexuality. Both sodomy and bestiality were condemned in the Old Testament law. God said, "I am the Lord. Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable. Do not have sexual relations with an animal and defile yourself with it" (Lev. 18:21-23). He adds "that is pervasion." Not only was homosexuality a sin for Jews, but it was for this very reason that
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