Editing Homosexuality and religion (section)

==Religious groups and public policy==
Opposition to [[same-sex marriage]] and [[LGBT rights]] is often associated with conservative religious views. The [[American Family Association]] and other religious groups have promoted boycotts of corporations whose policies support the LGBT community.

In conservative Islamic nations, laws generally prohibit same-sex sexual behaviour, and interpretation of [[Sharia Law]] on male homosexuality carries the death penalty.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/21/gay-lgbt-muslim-countries-middle-east |title=Everything you need to know about being gay in Muslim countries |last=Whitaker |first=Brian |date=June 21, 2016 |website=The Guardian |access-date=January 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160621105209/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/21/gay-lgbt-muslim-countries-middle-east |archive-date=June 21, 2016}}</ref> This has been condemned as a violation of human rights by human rights organisation [[Amnesty International]] and by the writers of the [[Yogyakarta principles]]. With the signature of the US in 2009, the proposed [[UN declaration on LGBT rights]] has now been signed by every European secular state and all western nations, as well as other countries—67 members of the UN in total. An opposing statement put forward by Muslim nations was signed by 57 member states, mostly in Africa and Asia. 68 out of the total 192 countries have not yet signed either statement. In 2011 the [[United Nations Human Rights Council]] passed a landmark resolution initiated by [[South Africa]] supporting LGBT rights (''See [[Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity at the United Nations]]'').<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2011-06-28/u-n-human-rights-council-first-resolution-against-discrimination-based-on-sexual-orientation/#:~:text=(June%2028%2C%202011)%20On,priority%20issue%E2%80%9D%20of%20the%20U.N. |title=U.N. Human Rights Council: First Resolution Against Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation |last=Zeldin |first=Wendy |date=June 28, 2011 |website=Library of Congress |access-date=January 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716163101/https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2011-06-28/u-n-human-rights-council-first-resolution-against-discrimination-based-on-sexual-orientation/ |archive-date=July 16, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2011/06/17/historic-decision-united-nations |title=Historic Decision at the United Nations |date=June 17, 2011 |website=Human Rights Watch |access-date=January 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106062609/https://www.hrw.org/news/2011/06/17/historic-decision-united-nations |archive-date=January 6, 2012}}</ref>