The baha’i teachings and homosexuality overview human beings think differently They have different values and beliefs Too often these differences lead to contention, conflict, injustice, suffering, oppression, and social instability In emphasizing the essential spiritual dignity and freedom of every soul. Homosexuality homosexuality is sexual attraction between people of the same sex The bahá’í faith forbids any sexual acts outside of marriage and a bahá’í marriage must be between people of different sexes.
The faith, on the contrary, makes it abundantly clear that homosexuality is an abnormality, is a great problem for the individual so afflicted, and that he or she should strive to overcome it. Homosexuality, immorality and adultery are forbidden in the faith the question of how to deal with homosexuals is a very difficult one Homosexuality is forbidden in the bahá’í faith by bahá’u’lláh So, for that matter, are immorality and adultery. The short answer is yes I have known quite a few baha'is who were lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or trans and respected baha'is
The baháʼí faith has an emphasis on what it describes as traditional family values, [1] [2] and marriage between a man and a woman is the only form of sexual relationship permitted for baháʼís [3] with an emphasis on chastity and restraint outside of matrimony, baháʼí practices exclude premarital, extramarital, or homosexual intimacy [4][5] baháʼí institutions have taken no.
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