"the homosexual appetite of a man for another man is demoniac "

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Srimad Bhagavatam Translation : His Divine Grace A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

 

SB 3.20.26 Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura Lord Brahma, approaching

the Lord, addressed Him thus: My Lord, please protect me from these sinful

demons, who were created by me under Your order. They are infuriated by an

appetite for sex and have come to attack me.

PURPORT

 

It appears here that the homosexual appetite of males for each other is

created in this episode of the creation of the demons by Brahma. In other

words, the homosexual appetite of a man for another man is demoniac and is not

for any sane male in the ordinary course of life.

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vediculture, "Mahesh" <mahesh@a...> wrote:

 

>In other words, the homosexual appetite of a man for another man is

>demoniac and is not for any sane MALE in the ordinary course of life.

 

 

Hare Krsna! Please note that in this story from the Bhagavatam, the

demons who attacked Brahma were later appeased by a beautiful woman

sent by him. This indicates that they were NOT homosexuals by

nature, but were heterosexual men attacking Brahma out of lust. We

should not, therefore, take this story out of context and misuse it

to discriminate against and demonize our gay and lesbian god-brothers

and -sisters. Srila Prabhupada is condemning homosexual behavior

between ordinary MALES (pums-prakriti).

 

When discussing people of the third sex (tritiya-prakriti), which

includes those who are homosexual by nature ("napumsaka" or NON-

MALES), Srila Prabhupada paints a completely different picture. He

states that these people kept their own societies and were invited

for religious occasions to dance, chant Hare Krsna, and bestow their

blessings.

 

We should be careful to read Srila Prabhupada's purports in their

proper context, and not misread into them our own personal bigotry.

We should not misuse Srila Prabhupada's purports to discriminate and

put down other human beings.

 

-Amara