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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Clarification indeed!
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Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 11:24:20 EDT
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> >  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...
-- 
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			Rich Rosen   ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr