Muslims and Homosexuality - A Discussion

:sl: and hello everyone. :)

So recently I've been thinking a lot about Homosexuality in religion, and the way certain religious people treat or talk about homosexuals. I remember just recently in a thread here, things got pretty nasty when a few members started going off on hateful diatribes against people who are gay, and it just really got me thinking...

I should clarify my position before I go any further. I'm completely and totally Muslim, and so in no way do I think homosexual acts are okay in the eyes of God. That part is easy. The part that bothers me though is when I see Muslims go out of their way to express how much they hate these people. Last time I checked, a Muslim shouldn't do that... But the fact that it's so incredibly common is what really disturbs me. What happened to mercy? To compassion? Dehumanizing these people doesn't seem to be a step in the right direction, and it sure isn't the Muslim way. In fact, the part of this that absolutely scares me the most is that non Muslims see it, and assume this is Islam. It just absolutely kills me when I see certain things (here, and in the real world) done or said by Muslims that are so obviously hateful and outside the boundaries of Islam...

Now I wanted to bring this up because I'd like to start a discussion... A discussion about the way we view homosexuals, and the way we act towards them. I know it'll be hard, but I'll ask you guys to please try and keep this civil. I think this is something we really really really need to talk about...

Here are a couple of videos that I want to share before we go any further with this. Please watch them both. (They're short :p )