Does Bible specifically forbid Anal sex?

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I find the idea that consent is required from a sky fairy as well as the adults involved to be pretty hilarious.

It's also painfully funny when bigots try and wheel out some science to try and rationalize their hangups.

Now, if it was just a case of the Christian church offering general advice, such as, "We feel anal sex is a bad idea because of the following reasons... [a load of science/biology stuff]”, I'd be fine with that. It may be stupid or inaccurate advice, but they would at least be trying to protect people in their own way. But that's not what's happening, is it? The more extreme people want to be able to rule over other people's sex lives, to ostracize, punish and humiliate anyone who doesn't follow their rules.

I appreciate there are many moderate Christians these days who just don't go in for that level of bigotry, and find ways to tune out any parts of the bible/dogma which support it. Good on you guys. In this case, for man/woman anal, there's nothing to even worry about. It's just bigots who started out with religious righteousness and have overextended into areas they clearly don't understand... (pun intended).

If you want to be a part of a group that has rules about sex or relationships or whatever, that is fine. It's your choice to be in it. But please don't think that these rules apply to everyone else as well, because they don't, and they shouldn't. If there are genuinely good reasons for not doing something, (a) religious preaching should not be required to make the case, and (b) if it's not hurting anyone except consenting parties, some friendly advice on why you think it's undesirable is action enough.