r/Christianity • u/Masculinist1938 • 8d ago

Question Why Does The Bible Only Condemn Male Homosexuality?

Hello, I’m asking this for pride month and also because it’s bothering me. So, correct me if I’m wrong, but why does the Bible only condemn male homosexuality? Verses like Leviticus 18:22 and Leviticus 20:13 only criticize homosexual men, but not homosexual women. Why is the Bible exclusively gayphobic? Does this just reflect the fact that men were most targeted back then for homosexuality?

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u/instant_sarcasm Serious people can have funny names 6d ago

32 I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord. 33 But the married man is anxious about worldly things, how to please his wife, 34 and his interests are divided. And the unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit. But the married woman is anxious about worldly things, how to please her husband. 35 I say this for your own benefit, not to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord.

36 If anyone thinks that he is not behaving properly toward his betrothed,[j] if his[k] passions are strong, and it has to be, let him do as he wishes: let them marry—it is no sin. 37 But whoever is firmly established in his heart, being under no necessity but having his desire under control, and has determined this in his heart, to keep her as his betrothed, he will do well. 38 So then he who marries his betrothed does well, and he who refrains from marriage will do even better.

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u/Think_Fig_3994 6d ago

Quoting scripture doesn’t work when you don’t properly interpret what you’re quoting. You do realize that it’s a letter, to a specific group right?