Editing Homosexuality and religion (section)

====Candomblé====
Within [[Candomblé]], a [[Syncretism|syncretic]] religion found primarily in Brazil, there is widespread (though not universal) support for gay rights, many members are LGBT, and have performed gay marriages.<ref name="candomble">{{cite web |last=Rodney |first=Pai |date=September 22, 2017 |title=Homossexualidade e candomblé |url=https://www.cartacapital.com.br/blogs/dialogos-da-fe/homossexualidade-e-candomble/ |access-date=January 21, 2024 |website=CartaCapital |language=pt-BR |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922152923/https://www.cartacapital.com.br/blogs/dialogos-da-fe/homossexualidade-e-candomble/ |archive-date=September 22, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Moutinho |first=Laura |date=2013 |title=Homosexuality, skin color and religiosity: flirting among the "povo de santo" in Rio de Janeiro |url=http://www.clam.org.br/uploads/publicacoes/book2/32.pdf |journal=CLAM. Sexuality, Culture and Politics – A South American Reader |pages=573–592 |isbn=978-85-89737-82-1}}</ref><ref name="GI São Paulo">{{cite web |date=27 February 2017 |title=Casal gay celebra casamento umbandista em bloco no centro de São Paulo |url=https://g1.globo.com/sao-paulo/carnaval/2017/noticia/casal-celebra-casamento-em-bloco-de-carnaval-no-centro-de-sao-paulo.ghtml |work=GI São Paulo |language=pt}}</ref> In Candomblé, homosexuality is usually accepted and explained by the sex of one's orisha.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Santos |first1=Milton Silva dos |date=3 June 2008 |title=Sexo, gênero e homossexualidade: o que diz o povo-de-santo paulista? |url=http://periodicos.pucminas.br/index.php/horizonte/article/view/444 |journal=Horizonte - Revista de Estudos de Teologia e Ciências da Religião |publisher=PUC Minas |pages=145–156 |access-date=18 November 2017}}</ref> Homosexuality would be more probable in a man with a female orisha, a woman with a male orisha, or any of them with an androgynous orisha (such as [[Olokun]]).