Is being gay or lesbian or bisexual a sin?

I have wrestled with this question a lot. I am a Christian and a Bi male. I have found that looking into the context of Bible verses used to condemn us, has helped me understand that is NOT a sin to be LBGTQ or whatever label you identify with.

No, i am a lesbian and it is far from a sin to love someone of the same sex. I believe in equality, i believe love is love. you can love anyone. you cant help the way you feel or who you fall for. its who you are and you should never change that and never be ashamed of that.

This is a complicated question and depends entirely on whether or not you belong to a Church that follows the New Testament or one that prefers the Old Testament. "Sin" is by definition a religious word. Technically, the Old Testament I believe does allude that homosexuality is a sin, but the New Testament says almost nothing at all about it. Lots of religious people like to cherry pick verses from the Bible to fit their warped view of the world, but if we took the entire Old Testament into account, pretty much everything we do is a sin. Tattoos are a sin. Working on Saturday is a sin. The list goes on and on. but then Jesus Christ came along and died for us and forgave us our sins, so I'd like to think that no, in point of fact, it is not a sin, though fanatics may tell you otherwise.

no. its not. love is love.

Of course not! It's nature. If it's wrong for people to be gay, bi, lesbian, ect., then really wouldn't Jesus Christ have been wrong to forgive prostitutes and thieves and invite them to dinner?

This depends. Some people who are Christian or Catholic believe it is, but in reality it definitely is not. Being in love is not a sin in the Bible. It is, in fact, encouraged. Therefore you have the right to love whoever you want :)

Yes, it is. I know this is not a popular opinion and one that those with inappropriate and excessive influence in the media try to block. I will debunk the following excuses folks use to say it is not a sin. 1. "Love is love." -- If you mean platonic love or the healthy love you'd have for your own family members, or even basic human kindness, then this is true. However, this does not apply to sexual love. Emotionally healthy people tend to avoid having sex with minor children, animals, the deceased, members of the same sex, and members of incompatible cultures. 2. "Gay sex is no different from straight sex" -- Yes it is. A woman is created with the correct opening for having sex with a man, a man is not. When a straight couple emulates gay sex by putting a penis in the mouth or the anus, they are showing how much they hate themselves and disrespect their own bodies and those of others. Even gay marriages are not the same as straight marriages. Yes, straight couples cheat, but gay couples are more likely to agree on open coupling where cheating is not only expected but encouraged. In the '80s, a sensible Surgeon General warned that nobody was to have anal sex, with or without a condom. 3. "God created you as gay." -- No, He did not, and that is quite blasphemous to say. The Bible said that God created everyone as male or female. Nowhere does the Bible say that God created anyone as gay. God would never create you to be something that His word clearly condemns. 4. "There is a gay gene, and that gives me a free pass to commit gay sex acts." -- As of yet, there is no gene that has been discovered that actually causes someone to have compulsive attractions to members of the same sex. There are genes however that make it easier to be gay such as the "rebellion gene." That gene causes people to take more social risks and care less about what others think. There is speculation that there is an addiction gene that up to 70% of addicts have. What traps people into homosexuality is the rush that comes from gay sex and an addiction to that rush. 5. "Gay couples are just as well-adjusted as straight couples." -- That is not true. Instead, gay couples are more likely to live chaotic lives that lack healthy boundaries. Substance abuse is more common in gay households, and in households with kids, the substances are likely to be used in front of them. Violence and jealousy are common themes. 6. "But there are gay Christians." -- Chances are, if someone is gay, they have never really trusted Christ to come into their lives and heal them of this character defect, or they are a backslidden Christian. Most Gay "Christians" do not put Christ first, they put their orientation and sexual activities first. The Bible makes it clear that you cannot have 2 masters. One will always dominate. 7. "Those who oppose the choice and behavior of homosexuality are full of hate." -- No they are not. They are simply trying to help protect others from harm. Since gayness is driven by rebellion and hatred of normalcy, of course, others will cry foul when you seek to place limits on this maladaptive, addictive behavior.