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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Practicing Muslim here. This is how I interpret it from the Quran (please forgive me, as this is how I interpret it. I'm no scholar.)

In the story of Prophet Lot (story of Sodom and Gomorrah), the prophet had warned his people of "immorality" for their homosexuality. Rather than obeying him, the people of Lot tried to remove their prophet from the city and tried to abuse the angels that came down to Lot as men. As the story goes, God destroyed the people of Lot with a natural disaster. God saved Lot and some of his believers.

The question is though, did God destroy the city because the people were gay? Or did he destroy the city because they attacked Lot and angels?

I don't think the Quran is clear about that.

As for the 42%, I wonder the demographics of that survey. I mean I support same sex marriage, but I'v heard my husband's aunt call it a disease, and other muslims say some quack things.  [/quote]

Practicing Muslim here too. This is a no brainer. Homosexuality is prohibited in the Quran. It is clearly in this ayah: 
Surah Araf, verse 80:
"We also sent Lut: He said to his people: "Do ye commit lewdness such as no people in creation ever committed before?
Surah Araf, verse 81:
"For ye practice your lusts on men in preference to women: ye are indeed a people transgressing beyond bounds."

How practicing Muslims justify it is something I can not understand.[/quote]

What ayas condemn lesbianism? Or women marrying other women?

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I think that if homosexuality has been expressly forbidden in the Quran, as it has, it follows that lesbianism would be prohibited also. The ayahs posted show that practicing lusts on the same sex is the defined abomination, not just the homosexual act. And if practicing lust on the same sex is prohibited, then marrying the same sex would be prohibited also. [/quote]

You're assuming a lot, based on a little. No, the verse does not show that "practicing lusts on the same sex is defined as an abomination." The verse explicitly discusses men's lust for other men (as if they were women), and makes no mention of lesbianism or women/women whatsoever. Again, why is it forbidden? If God were really that concerned with, don't you think he'd mention it?

Also of course, none make any reference to love. Is love the same as lust? Is there no difference? 
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Well, with regard to sexual relations in Islam, here are the impermissible acts clearly spelled out in the Quran:
-  fornication between anyone of either sex
- adultery between anyone of either sex

And here are the permissible acts also clearly spelled out in the Quran:
- marriage between only a man and a woman

It's easy to deduce that premarital or extramarital relations between people of the same sex, be they male or female, is strictly forbidden because any and all fornication is prohibited. Lesbians who wish to marry and have sex can't do that either, because the Quran doesn't permit marriages between anyone except people of the opposite sex.

As far as love goes, the Quran doesn't say love is prohibited. If someone loves a person of the same sex, but doesn't act on it, it isn't a sin.[/quote]

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