There's a lot of misconception about homosexuality especially among religious people. Homosexuality is not a disease. That is the scientific consensus and endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO). However, if you go back to the 1970's, homosexuality was still listed as a disease under the list of diseases from WHO. WHO later remove homosexuality as a disease in the 1980's and the decision was finally endorsed in 1990.
Homosexuality is also not a mental-health problem. The American Psychiatric Association (APA), the largest psychiatric organization in the world issued a resolution stating that homosexuality was not a mental illness or sickness in 1973. The declaration helped shift public opinion, marking a major milestone for LGBTQ equality. Before 1970's homosexuality was still treated as mental problem and that is why you see a lot of homosexual sent to mental asylum even in the western countries.
From religious point of view, the story of Sodom & Gomorrah is the main reason why a lot of Abrahamic religion are against homosexuality. According to Christians and Muslims, Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed because of their rampant homosexual behavior, namely, sodomy. They believe that God destroyed the two cities because they were practising homosexuality. That is why most conservative Muslim and even Christians takes this story as a justification to condemn gays and homosexuality.
However, there is an important question that deserves consideration for both Christians & Muslims. Did the people of Sodom & Gomorrah receive divine punishment for being homosexual or for attacking Prophet Lot and his heavenly guests/angels? In recent years some Christians & even some modern thinking Muslims have began to question the real reason why Sodom & Gomorrah was destroyed. Some of them believed that those cities were destroyed not because of sodomy but more because of their pride and arrogance.
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