(June 7, 2011 at 5:27 pm)Cinjin Cain Wrote: On a side note: I find it interesting that none of the Muslims on our forum have cast a vote in the poll.
Sorry, I was hesitating to reply because I have mixed feelings about homosexuality. I didn't know what to say. On the one hand, I think that homosexuals are a little different from the rest but they still deserve all the rights that I can afford myself. On the other hand, the Quran says that homosexuality is a sin that is even punishable (but not by death). So, this means that Islam considers homosexuality as a bad thing. But the Quran doesn't say to kill the gays.
And secondly, an important distinction needs to be made which is that the feeling of homosexuality itself is not considered to be sinful - it is only when you act upon the feeling that it becomes a sin (such as making physical penetration with the same gender or even marrying them) - and that's what I believe as well. So, that's why I didn't cast a vote in the poll because it's the action of the homosexual that matters. I'm somewhere between the 2nd and 3rd options.
