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    Homosexuality Within Sikhism

    spnadmin, thank you very much for your post. Very interesting ideas that you have put forward, it is greatly appreciated. I just wanted to direct everyone's attention to this interesting article that was published not long after the ideas of legalising homosexual marriage was ripe within the...
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    Homosexuality Within Sikhism

    Spnadmin thank you for the interesting piece of information about homosexuality, that is something that I will definitely follow up on and thank you for the name of the book. You have stated that you believe eastern cultures are more likely to "accept" the inevitability of homosexuality - could...
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    Homosexuality Within Sikhism

    Do you believe that someone like me, who is so vehemently researching homosexuality within Sikhism can ever make a difference and change the tide of the 'norm'? I think that unless people start to challenge the accepted norms within our society issues such as homosexuality will never become...
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    Homosexuality Within Sikhism

    Ishna thank you for you post!! I wholeheartedly agree with your point, homosexuality should not be seen as abhorrent within Sikhism, especially when at its heart lies the equality of all human beings. Do you think that homosexuality will ever be accepted within Sikhism? If we look past the...
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    Homosexuality Within Sikhism

    Onamji, thank you for your response :) You say that we should question that homosexuality, whilst not evil, could be seen as a deviance or violation of the Divine way and that everything is ordered. Whilst I certainly understand your perspective and how things should be seen in an ordered way...
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    Homosexuality Within Sikhism

    Thank you for your response, it really means a lot!!! As a Sikh this whole debate on nature versus nurture becomes reductionist for me as surely by Waheguru's we are all here and it is by Waheguru's natural grace that we, as individuals, are who we are. If feel as though homosexuality within...
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    Homosexuality Within Sikhism

    I would like to say a massive thank you to everybody that has contributed to this forum post that i started as the response has been more overwhelming than i had expected considering the sensitive topic which i am currently focusing upon. Thank you for sharing your views and ideas, it has been...
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    Homosexuality Within Sikhism

    Hello everyone and thank you for the warm response and kind words. To the admin, I can get my university tutor to clarify that I do not need clarification as I have filled in an ethics form for the particular research that I am focusing on so that will not be a problem. You are correct...
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    Homosexuality Within Sikhism

    Hello everybody! My name is Sunny and I am a third year student at university currently undertaking a degree in Religious Studies. As part of my course I have decided to look into the sensitive issue of homosexuality within Sikhism and was wondering if anybody could give me there views on...
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