Are Gay Relationships Acceptable from a Spiritual Standpoint?

[Smt. Priyanka Seethepalli asked: What is Your take on legalizing gay marriages? It is already legal in some states in USA and we see many gay couples who are even raising children together. There are some people who say that all gay people will be condemned to hell and disown their own children when they tell their parents that they are gay. There is so much social taboo and shame in accepting gay people as well. Regards, Priyanka]

Swami replied: Any defect in this life is only the fruit of sin done in the past lives. A person, who mocks a eunuch, is born as eunuch in this life. If the eunuch is reformed in this birth and becomes a strong devotee of God, God will remove the defect and bless the soul even by miraculous power, if needed.

The case of a gay is highly unfortunate because God created the concept of sex and male and female separately so that both can involve in legal sex and generate the next generation. The continuity of humanity is the sacred mission of God and hence, the legal sex is treated as holy, which is depicted on the walls of temples and praised in the Veda (prajaatantum…) and in the Gita (dharmaaviruddhah…). Homosexual attraction can be there as we hear that male sages were attracted by the astonishing beauty of Rama and wished themselves to become females to embrace Rama. Those sages wished to embrace Rama, but did not wish sex with Rama. Their desire was fulfilled by God when they were born as female Gopikas in their next birth.

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