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 | Actively homosexual persons are not admitted into membership |
| Actively homosexual persons would be prohibited from the clergy. |
| Most church leaders are married and have stable families |
| Since they consider a gay or lesbian committed relationship to be an abomination, commitment services for homosexuals are not held |
| Their practice is to hate the sin but love the sinner |
| They view homosexual behavior as a deviation from the God-centered family. |
Quotations from the Unification Church web site:
A search was made for the term "homosexuality" in a Unification Home Page.1 Many references were found within the speeches of Rev. Sun Myung Moon. A random sampling are:
| "Look at Provincetown where so many youth come to use drugs and
gay people gather together. They might become the people who lead
America. Their lifestyle goes against universal law. Why was man or
woman born? Man was born for woman and woman was born for man. Man was
not born for man and woman was not born for woman. We are born for each
other. Even in the insect world there isn't any mix-up in that standard.
Even in the animal kingdom there is no such confusion in their natural
setting. No other group in creation has this problem. Just mankind. This
indicates to us that the final days are here when mankind must decide
between future prosperity or its own destruction. We have to ask, why
did Adam need Eve and vice versa? We have to understand clearly that
they were made for each other in order to bear children. Children
represent the future. They would have produced better people than
themselves. Just as a tree produces better fruit, the desire of man and
woman is to produce better children than themselves. For the sake of a
better future, that is why man and woman need each other."
"...it is shameful for America that so many young people are destroying their bodies with drugs and also destroying their future by indulging in homosexual relationships. They are not the hope of America. History really needs a group which can lead young people into the future. The world needs that group, America needs such a group. Even God himself needs that kind of group." |
| "Men and women who practice homosexuality may feel strong sensations from that, but it has no resonance in truth; ultimately it is hollow. But when two people experience true love, it resonates throughout the universe." (1983) |
| "Look at New York City. It is actually hell. Every night there are thousands of sins committed. . . murder, prostitution, drugs, homosexuality and free sex. This city continues in a hellish way. It prospers under Satan's control." (1990) |
| "Today, in the west we see the heart core of Satan's way. Free sex and homosexuality is not allowed by God, no drugs or alcohol." (1993) |
| "Free sex, homosexuality and lesbianism are exactly opposite to God's purpose of creation...Only the Unification Church is free of family problems, free of AIDS, homosexuality and free sex." (1994) |
| "Satan is destroying the families of the world. He is using strategies such as homosexuality, free sex and the destruction of morality to ruin peoples' lives." (1995) |
| "Fornication, adultery, prostitution, incest, abortion, rape, pornography, homosexuality and all sexual perversions are carried out through these love organs, tainted human life in all races, cultures, religions, etc., throughout human history." (undated) |
Quotations from the True Parents Organization web site:
This groups was founded by Rev. Moon. It contains the texts of many speeches by leaders of the Unification Church. Some excerpts are:
| Rev. Moon: "Sexual intercourse complications. Is the world
around us a peaceful world centered upon God, or is it all confused?
That is what is called free sex. What is the meaning of lesbians and
homosexuals? That is the place where all different dungs collect. We
have to end that behavior. When this kind of dirty relationship is
taking place between human beings, God cannot be happy. That is what the
secular world is like. As the lord of all creation, are we seeking that
kind of world? As human beings, we should mobilize our forty billion cells and clean up these dirty places. Would you women want this dirty dung-filled water to be poured over you? What about men, do you want to be soaked in that kind of dirty water? Only Satan and dirty dung-eating dogs go after that." (1997) 3 Many gay, lesbian and anti-Unification Church web sites have picked up this reference to "dung-eating dogs" and claimed that Rev. Moon was using the term to refer to homosexuals. The Unification Church cautions people that only Rev. Moon's original speeches in Korean are exact; translations into English care not necessarily completely reliable. | ||||
| Alex Colvin: "...I recently sat through an hour and a half of heavy pro-homosexual propaganda on ABC-one hour of Ellen and the first section of Prime Time with Ellen and her family. Why, I ask myself, when we realize that the breakdown of the family is the number one problem in America, is the major media in this country promoting an aberrant sexual life style? For weeks the newspapers have been touting the program, as though the appearance of a gay lead in a television series is equivalent to Jackie Robinson's debut in professional baseball....Homosexuality is wrong! It's common sense. God made man for woman and God made woman for man. God created the sexual organs so that a man and a woman could become one with each other in a joyful expression of their love. God valued the sexual union between husband and wife to the degree that he made it the means through which the chromosomes of a man and woman could unite to create a new life. That is the purpose of creation. It is natural law. And men and women throughout the world know innately that it is so....ABC and the major media have just completed a major propaganda campaign promoting homosexuality as a normal lifestyle. This is more than a slap in the face of the family. This is a heinous assault on the moral foundation of our society. There is a culture war taking place in America-a war between God-centered morality and self-centered amorality. ABC and those who have cooperated in their publicity campaign for Ellen have clearly declared their position as enemies of the moral principles which are necessary to preserve our country." (1997) 8 | ||||
| Paul Carlson: "[It] Seems there really are homosexual
animals, of two kinds.
Your author does have several gay friends, but in my opinion, there are human males who combine the worst of both traits…" (2002) 7 |
Prophecy of the "elimination" of gays:
Rev. Moon delivered a speech in 2004-JAN at the Cheong Pyeong Heaven and Earth Training Center. He allegedly said, in part: "There will be a purge on God's orders, and evil will be eliminated like shadows. Gays will be eliminated, the 3 Israels will unite. If not then they will be burned. We do not know what kind of world God will bring but this is what happens. It will be greater than the communist purge but at God's orders." This excerpt was widely copied on gay and lesbian web sites. 9
References:
- Unification Home Page at: http://www.unification.net/
- Reverend Sun Myung Moon, "Ocean Church and America," 1982-AUG-28, at: http://www.unification.net/gwo/820828.html
- Reverend Sun Myung Moon, "World Era of Blessed Families," 1997-MAY-4, at: http://www.tparents.org/
- ABC and the major media have just completed a major propaganda campaign
promoting homosexuality as a normal lifestyle. This is more than a slap in
the face of the family. This is a heinous assault on the moral foundation of
our society. There is a culture war taking place in America-a war between
God-centered morality and self-centered amorality. ABC and those who have
cooperated in their publicity campaign for Ellen have clearly declared their
position as enemies of the moral principles which are necessary to preserve
our country.
Damian Anderson, "Responses to questions on Unificationism on the Internet - Volume 47," at: http://www.unification.net/faq/uniffaq47.html
- Paul Carlson, "Opposing Forces," Unification News, 1999-NOV, at: http://www.tparents.org/
- Anon, "The Trinity as the Basis for a Theological Critique of Homosexuality," Unification News, 1994-JUL, at: http://www.tparents.org/
- Paul Carlson, "Bad Chemistry," 2002-SEP, at: http://www.tparents.org/
- Alex Colvin, "ABC, Ellen and the Culture War," Unification News, 1997-JUN, at: http://www.tparents.org/
- 2004-JAN-8
Copyright © 2004 to
2005 by Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance.
Latest update: 2005-AUG-18
Author: B.A. Robinson
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