Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site pyuxd.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!hplabs!pesnta!phri!timeinc!vax135!houxm!ihnp4!cbosgd!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!pyuxww!pyuxd!rlr From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen) Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: Clarification indeed! Message-ID: <1137@pyuxd.UUCP> Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 11:24:20 EDT Article-I.D.: pyuxd.1137 Posted: Thu Jun 27 11:24:20 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 15-Jul-85 03:59:10 EDT References: <277@ucdavis.UUCP> <329@mhuxi.UUCP> <611@sfmag.UUCP> <612@sfmag.UUCP> Organization: Whatever we're calling ourselves this week Lines: 32 > > Is unmarried straight sex any more permissable than Gay sex? > > To answer succinctly from the halachic viewpoint: > > 1) The sin of male homosexuality is punishable by death by skila > (stoning). Of the 4 methods of execution, skila is the most > severe. The only other sexual offenses punishable by skila are > certain types of incest, and having sex with an animal. By > contrast, adultery is punishable by lesser forms of execution. I am reprinting this excerpt from Samet's article for the benefit of those who have complained to me in private mail that I am "attacking" someone who is not advocating doing any harm to any group of people, thus why should he be compared to Nazis. Try this little test: Group X has a book that they consider to be the absolute truth. That book says that another group, group Y, is abominable and worthy of being killed. Prove or disprove the validity of the claim using these examples: 1) X = Jews, Y = homosexuals 2) X = Nazis, Y = Jews NOTE: claiming that in example 1 the book used really is the absolute truth while this is not the case in example 2 gets you an automatic zero on the test unless you can prove that claim... -- Like a bourbon? (HIC!) Drunk for the very first time... Rich Rosen ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr