Editing Homosexuality and religion (section)

==== Shinto ====
{{Main|LGBT topics and Shinto}}

Historically, [[Shinto]] "had no special code of morals and seems to have regarded sex as a natural phenomenon to be enjoyed with few inhibitions."<ref name="Crompton 2003">{{cite book |last=Crompton |first=Louis |title=Homosexuality and Civilization |publisher=[[Harvard University Press]] |year=2003 |isbn=9780674022331 |location=[[Cambridge, Massachusetts]] |page=413 |chapter=Pre-Meiji Japan |lccn=2003245327 |quote=Shinto was principally concerned with propitiatory rites and ceremonies; [[Japanese mythology|its mythology]] fostered nationalism through the [[Imperial cult#Ancient and Imperial Japan|cult of divine emperors]], but it had no special code of morals and seems to have regarded sex as a natural phenomenon to be enjoyed with few inhibitions. [[Phallus|Phallic]] [[Shinto shrine|shrines]] dotted the countryside. Premarital virginity was not rigidly insisted upon, and freeborn boys did not lose status if they had adult lovers. Early law codes penalized incest and bestiality but not [[homosexual relations]]. The [[Shinto gods|gods of the Shinto pantheon]] were themselves highly sexual. In later times, some of them were seen as "guardian deities" of [[Love between men|male love]]. |author-link=Louis Crompton |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TfBYd9xVaXcC&pg=PA413}}</ref> While [[Shinto#Beliefs|Shinto beliefs]] are diverse, Japanese Shinto does not condemn homosexuality,<ref name="Crompton 2003" /> and the formally organized [[Konkokyo]] sect is fully affirming.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 2017 |title=Face to Faith No.89 |url=http://kic.jpn.org/jpn/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/No89.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bernkastel |first=Olivia |date=2018-12-15 |title=Throughout the years and even now, I have often been asked the view Shinto holds in regard to… |url=https://medium.com/@livingwithkami/throughout-the-years-and-even-now-i-have-often-been-asked-the-view-shinto-holds-in-regard-to-6d9eb0057997 |access-date=2021-08-25 |website=Medium |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Living with Kami |url=https://www.livingwithkami.com/post/171313633965/great-news-from-konkokyo-message-below-from-the |access-date=2021-08-25 |website=Living with Kami |language=en}}</ref> Multiple Shinto leaders advocated in support of [[Same-sex marriage in Hawaii|gay marriage in Hawaii]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 October 2013 |title=Testimony in support of SB1 Relating to Equal Rights |url=https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/splsession2013b/SB1_Testimony_JUD-FIN_10-31-13_InPerson_Part1.pdf |website=Capitol.Hawaii.Gov}}</ref>