More than 100 religious leaders in Tennessee take a stand against slate of anti-LGBT legislation

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35. Yes, of course. The prohibition on homosexuality came from the Hebrew Bible.

There is not, so far as I know, any similar prohibition in any other culture of the Ancient Near East. We know that the Canaanites had male and female temple prostitutes. It's possible the prohibition was intended to discourage Canaanite practices that were not part of the Israelite religion.

I say what I have always said. I have no problem with theism. I only have a problem with certain forms of it, mainly conservative or fundamentalist forms. In this cause we have a particular ancient theistic prohibition that has caused much harm. We kept the prohibition long after the original reason was forgotten. This is a feature of conservative theism. It preserves moralities that either never should have been or have long outlived their usefulness.