That was followed by a manifesto favorableto this conduct, under the title: Human Sexuality and the Christian Faith 6.Due to the increasing number of homosexual people attending religious meetingsin different churches in the USA, the discussion on the subject Provokes heateddebates involving fierce advocates and critics, all using biblical texts toexplain their convictions. The Reverend Edward Kemp of the United Church ofChrist managed to get this ecclesiastical denomination to accept the union ofhomosexual couples. A faction of the Church of the Latter-day Saints hasorganized a group that houses homosexual Mormons. Rev. Greg Deil of theMethodist church in Chicago says 30 percent of his parish is homosexual. DerekRawcliffe, who held the post of Bishop of Glasgow in Scotland and now serves asbishop-assistant to Ripon, said in a live interview on TV that he washomosexual and added that "there are hundreds Of gay priests in thechurch, both in the Anglican and in the Catholic "7. Although the papacythrough statements by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger condemns the relationshipbetween homosexuals, priests who take this position organize themselves to seekrecognition of the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. For example, in Germany,where there are between 3,800 to 4,500 homosexual priests, out of a total of 19,000religious in the country, 14 Catholic Homosexual Catholic Groups of Germanyhave already been created. Hanspeter Heinz, a professor of pastoral theology atthe University of Ausburg, has launched a book advocating the ordination ofhomosexual priests on the grounds that 20% of Catholic priests have ahomosexual disposition. 8 Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa favorsacceptance of Homosexuals in the communities and even in the Catholichierarchy. On the other hand, the Central Conference of American Rabbis, whichdoes not hide the fact that they have homosexual rabbis among their members,decided to support the legalization of same-sex civil marriages. 9 Argumentsfor Overthrowing the Taboo Proponents of the liberality of homosexuality Incontemporary society, especially within religious groups, base their argumenton the consideration that the practice of homosexuality in the past was a"taboo" that the present world no longer recognizes. They affirm thatthe ferocious persecution of homosexuals by the Church in the Middle Ages was a"tragic error and a sin before God" 11. The same advocates ofhomosexuality, through a historical-critical interpretation of the biblicaltext, argue that the purpose of sexuality originally oriented toward procreationcan no longer remain in a world with overpopulation. The Biblical Qualificationgiven to Homosexuality. Although the current trend, based on social andpsychological concepts, is the recognition of homosexuality as a simplepreference and not a disturbance; The Biblical definition is still the mostappropriate qualification to deal with this subject. In the book of Leviticusthe sinful character of the act is defined: "Thou shalt not lie with a manas though he were a woman; It is an abomination "(Lev 18:22); Later on,the same book refers to the sentence imposed on those who become transgressorsfor not hearing this precept: "If a man lies with another man, as thoughhe were with a woman, they shall both have committed an abomination; They willsurely be killed; His blood shall be upon them "(Leviticus 20:13). Thetext of Leviticus 18:22 is not simply the legal establishment,