An article by Krishna Rau on Xtra Magazine, dated 28 November 2007, reporting Rastafari's own scriptural basis for opposing homosexuality: Leviticus 18:22 read as proof of God's hatred of same-sex relations, a belief that homosexuality belongs to corrupt Babylon rather than to Zion, and the Bobo Shanti Mansion's own reading that God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah for tolerating it. The article draws on The Guardian's Alexis Petridis (2004) and the Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays for corroborating detail, and notes the movement has no central authority governing individual practitioners.
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An established LGBTQ-focused journalism outlet's own reporting on Rastafari's scriptural reasoning, itself drawing on The Guardian's music criticism and a named Jamaican LGBT advocacy organization for corroborating detail; used because it is the only extractable account found that states the theological reasoning directly, an academic treatment of the same claim (Sibanda 2016) being confirmed to exist by title only, its full text unreachable behind a publisher paywall in this pass. NotesCited for Rastafari's sexuality-position and its detail.
Citation
PublisherXtra Magazine
Publication Year2007
URLhttps://xtramagazine.com/power/rastafari-homophobia-is-biblical-38847
Source Typejournalism
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This source names Jamaica directly: "The article draws on The Guardian's Alexis Petridis (2004) and the Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays for corroborating detail, and notes the movement has no central authority..."
This source names Krishna directly: "An article by Krishna Rau on Xtra Magazine, dated 28 November 2007, reporting Rastafari's own scriptural basis for opposing homosexuality: Leviticus 18:22 read as proof of God's hatred of same-sex..."
Sodom, Cities This source names Sodom directly: "own reading that God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah for tolerating it."
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- Sources, 10 claims: 7 well-attested, 3 holds.
- Religions, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
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