Editing Homosexuality and religion (section)

====Bahá'í Faith====
[[File:Gay Bahai Star.jpg|thumb|Artist's symbolic depiction of the intersection of the [[Baháʼí Faith]] and [[homosexuality]] combining the Bahai [[Baháʼí symbols#Nine-pointed star |nine-pointed star]] and [[Rainbow flag (LGBTQ)|LGBTQ rainbow flag]].]]
{{main|Baháʼí views on homosexuality}}
The [[Baháʼí Faith]] considers same-sex sexual behavior and same-sex marriage to be against [[God in the Baháʼí Faith|God's]] will.<ref name=Bahai>{{Cite book |editor-last=Stockman |editor-first=Robert H. |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_World_of_the_Bah%25C3%25A1_%25C3%25AD_Faith/7kpREAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 |title=The World of the Bahá'í Faith |date=2021 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |location=London|isbn=978-0-429-64828-1}}</ref>{{rp|p=381}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Garlington |first=William |date=2008 |title=The Baha'i Faith in America |publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]] |location=Lanham, Maryland |edition=Paperback |isbn=978-0-7425-6234-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oHrDEAAAQBAJ|via=[[Google Books]]|page=171}}</ref><ref name=BahaiTeachings>{{cite web|title=The Baha’i Teachings and Homosexuality|url=https://www.bahai.us/bahai-teachings-homosexuality/|publisher=Baha’is of the United States|location=Evanston, Illinois|quote=For [Baha’u’llah's] followers, the precepts and counsels found in these teachings represent ... 'the lamps' of God’s 'wisdom and loving providence,' and so should be observed .... Baha’u’llah affirms that ... marriage is between a man and a woman ... and that sexual relations are only permissible between a couple who are married to each other.}}</ref> Sex is only permitted in a [[Baháʼí marriage |marriage between a man and a woman]] for Baháʼís.<ref>{{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|Infobase]] |location=New York City |isbn=978-1-60413-104-8|pages=90-92}}</ref><ref name=BahaiTeachings/><ref name=Bahai/>{{rp|p=381}} Lesbian, gay, and bisexual members who engage in any same-sex sexual behavior are subject to sanctions from the Baha’i administration, including being excluded from community gatherings and denied participation in organizational elections.<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 journal |last=Cole |first=Juan R. I. |date=2002 |title=Fundamentalism in the Contemporary U.S. Baha'i Community |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3512329 |journal=[[Review of Religious Research]]|publisher=[[Springer Nature]] |volume=43 |issue=3| doi= 10.2307/3512329|page=211|quote=They are monitored for behavior that might contravene Baha'i law. Baha'is who ... engage in homosexuality ... in such a way that it comes to the attention of their local community have their 'administrative rights' removed and can no longer attend the Nineteen Day Feast—the main worship ceremony—nor can they vote or hold elective office.}}</ref> Baháʼís have been discouraged from both promoting or opposing efforts to legalize [[same-sex marriage]].<ref>{{cite thesis |last1=Egerton |first1=Charles |title=Being and Becoming: A Photographic Inquiry with Bahá'í Men into Cultures of Peace |date=2020|degree=PhD Peace and Conflict Studies|institution=[[University of Manitoba]] |location=Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |doi=10.13140/RG.2.2.25243.18722 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/354792606|via=[[ResearchGate]]|page=52}}</ref>