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Obstacles For Homosexuals

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From a religious point of view, if God had thought homosexuality is a sin, he would not have created gay people by Howard Dean. Homosexuals have had a hard time coming out and making that first step to accepting themselves in society or religious community. The other steps to actually come out is for their peers, family, and friends to accept them as well into their lives. There are many obstacles for homosexuals as they reach the point to coming out and as it relates to Judaism. According to information published by The Jewish People Policy Planning Institute, there were around 13.1 million Jewish people in the world in 2007, most residing in the USA and Israel. Also, according to the 2001 census, 267,000 people in the UK said that their religious …show more content…

Judaism originated in the Middle East over 3500 years ago and the basics of this religion were founded by Moses. However, Jews trace their history back to Abraham. They believe that there is only one God with whom they have a covenant. The covenant is between God and the Jewish people, which is one of the vital pillars of Judaism. The first covenant was between God and Abraham. God promised to make Abraham the father of a great people and said that Abraham and his descendants must obey God. In return, God would guide them and protect them and give them the land of Israel. The way for Jewish men to show their covenant was to be circumcised as in Genesis 17, you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you. Judaism’s religious documents have rich historical principles, but the central and most important religious document is the Torah. The interpretation of the laws of the Torah from Rabbis, spiritual leaders, is oral laws called Halakhah. The rabbis incorporated into the Halakhah a special category that shows their awareness of the irreducible dignity or worth shared by every human being and their sensitivity to the individual needs of people depending upon everyone’s self-image and personal standing in life. Judaism teaches that the human person is essentially a sexual being, a social being, and the image of …show more content…

Levin personal story of his struggles with his sexuality and his religion, there are many health concerns and other harms that homosexuals have to face. As it is natural for people to have sexual desires, however, the Centers for Disease Control, CDC, recently reported alarming rates of STDs among homosexuals that syphilis infections among homosexual men have seen such a massive increase that the government report calls the gay syphilis statistics "troubling." Also, the government report admits that anyone can become infected with an STD, young people and gay and bisexual men are at greatest risk. As the government states that gay men are more likely to get STDs then could we also that they are more likely to get HIV or AIDs. The CDC says that If they are not treated, syphilis causes visual impairment and stroke and increases the chance of catching or transmitting HIV. If homosexuals choose to be sexually active, then it makes sense why their Jewish community would reject them, but not all homosexuals have STDs. Also, as homosexuals are sexually active then their choices will lead them into harm's way. The report states, men account for more than 90 percent of all primary and secondary syphilis cases and men who have sex with men, MSM, account for 83 percent of male cases where the sex of the sex partner is known. With the percentage of homosexuals with syphilis, the report explains that it uses the acronym MSM, men who have sex with men, because that

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