There are priests and lay people who dedicate themselves more to the text than to the spirit of Scriptures, who tend to overestimate the importance of biblical verses regarding the sins of body in general and the sexual life in particular. This narrow Puritanism threatens to become an obsession, as the same preaches and discourses can be heard (or read) over and over again. The same juicy details – should I say stereotypes? – associated with “fornication” are repeated in all media, on every occasion. Among them, homosexuality enjoys a “privileged” place.

It is not my intention to ignore or to misinterpret some of the biblical verses. Not only I lack the competence needed to begin such a theological debate, but also I believe that nobody has the right to choose among Christian teachings – to privilege some and to dismiss others. Moreover, I think that it is the pseudo-religious homophobic hysteria which distorts and isolates from their context the above-mentioned biblical verses – as in the Christian brochure published two years ago, under the title Homosexuality – propaganda of human decadence.

As anyone can see, the Bible hardly speaks about homosexuality – and when it does, it seems to refer rather to a sinful departure from God than to the inborn sexual orientation, which cannot be separated from a person’s being. Thus Paul (Romans I, 26-7) refers to the “against nature” and “unseemly” male-male relations, attributed to pagans because of their lack of faith. Expressions like “did change the natural use” and “leaving the natural use,” suggest an intended flaw. One can argue that the above refer to ritual