Editing Religion and sexuality (section)

===Baháʼí Faith===
{{see also|Baháʼí views on homosexuality}}
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In the [[Baháʼí Faith]], sexual relationships are permitted only between a husband and wife, and [[Baháʼí marriage|marriage]] is emphasized in the faith.<ref name=Bahai>{{cite book |last=Hartz |first=Paula |date=2009 |title=World Religions: Baha'i Faith |edition=3rd |url=https://bahai-library.com/pdf/h/hartz_bahai_faith.pdf |publisher=[[Chelsea House Publishers]] |location=New York City |isbn=978-1-60413-104-8|pages=90–92}}</ref> [[Bahá'u'lláh]], the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, forbade any sexual intercourse outside a heterosexual marriage in his book of laws; the [[Kitáb-i-Aqdas]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ghaemmaghami |first=Omid |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/d_Y7EQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 |title=Exploring the Kitáb-i-Aqdas: The Laws and Teachings of the Bahá’í Faith |last2=Vafai |first2=Shahin |date=2025-01-23 |publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]] |isbn=978-0-7556-0626-9 |pages=270, 380}}</ref><ref name="notes">{{cite book |author = Universal House of Justice |year = 1992 |title = The Kitáb-i-Aqdas |publisher = Baháʼí Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |isbn = 978-0-85398-999-8 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/KA/ka-53.html | page = 191}}</ref><ref name="kiq">{{cite book |author = Bahá'u'lláh |author-link = Bahá'u'lláh |orig-year = 1873 |year = 1992 |title = The Kitáb-i-Aqdas |publisher = Baháʼí Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |isbn = 978-0-85398-999-8 | page = 26 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/KA/ka-4.html#gr19 }}</ref> Homosexual sexual relationships and same-sex marriages continue to be prohibited.<ref>{{cite news|agency=[[Religion Unplugged]]|date=1 July 2022|last=Carlos|first=Iain|title=Meet A Baha'i Activist Pushing For LGBTQ Tolerance In His Faith|url=https://religionunplugged.com/news/2022/7/1/meet-a-bahai-activist-pushing-for-lgbtq-tolerance-in-his-faith|location=Dallas, Texas, USA}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Snow|first=Nicholas|date=23 April 2015|newspaper=[[HuffPost]]|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/brokenhearted-bahais-lgbt_b_7111164|title=Brokenhearted Bahá'is: LGBTs Rejected by Their Faith}}</ref>