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Originally Posted by Felicity
I think Deut. 22:5 has very much to do with the absolute necessity of gender distinction and the natural way that is expressed in the way that a woman acts and dresses - not just women but men as well.
God hates women acting like or desiring to be a man -- in other words to act masculine instead of feminine and likewise men being effeminate.
As a kid I was able to read that verse and understand what it was saying. It's not so much about wearing a specific garment unless a woman or man is wearing that garment to pass himself off as the opposite sex -- opposite to what God made him or her.
The scripture might also allude to the idea of homosexual behavior as an abomination but I don't think that's the main idea of what is being expressed there. |
How about men who are naturally effeminate and women who are naturally masculine? I know of at least one family where all the men were naturally effeminate. None of them were gay either. Have you ever met a straight woman that was naturally masculine? Were they born abominations?