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From: jho@ihu1m.UUCP (Yosi Hoshen)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Clarification indeed!
Message-ID: <481@ihu1m.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 21:45:04 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 28 21:45:04 1985
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> >    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.
> 
Samet tells us what the Torah view of homosexuality.  The question is:
Is it Samet's wiew that homosexuals should be treated nowadays according
to the Torah?  

If is answer is yes then I would have to agree with Rich on the issue.
-- 
Yosi Hoshen, AT&T Bell Laboratories
Naperville, Illinois,  Mail: ihnp4!ihuxn!jho