In cultures under the sway of Abrahamic religions, the law and the church established sodomy as a transgression against divine law, a "crime against nature" practiced by choice, and subject to severe penalties, including capital punishment—often inflicted by means of fire so as to purify the unholy action. Although medical texts like these (written partly in Latin to obscure the sexual details) were not widely read by the general public, they did lead to the rise of Magnus Hirschfeld's Scientific Humanitarian Committee, which campaigned from 1897 to 1933 against anti-sodomy laws in Germany, as well as a much more informal, unpublicized movement among British intellectuals and writers, led by such figures as Edward Carpenter and John Addington Symonds. Homosexual behavior occurs among numerous animals other than humans, particularly among social animals. Homosexuality has been a feature of human culture since earliest history (see History.

Opposing Gay Adoption

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GOP absolutely, positively against anything gay

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Opposing Gay Adoption

Anglicans Oppose Gay Adoption
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Florida Democrats for Governor Oppose Gay Adoption Ban - Associated Content
Politics.Storys from Good As You: Gay and Lesbian Activism With a Sense of Humor.News. Gay Adoptions Condone Immoral Lifestyles [ChristianNet]

BREAKING! SHOCKING!: Evangelical readers oppose gay adoption: Good As You
supportive of allowing gay adoptions while Republicans remain mostly most conservative Republicans oppose allowing gay adoption, while moderate and

Summary of Findings: Less Opposition to Gay Marriage, Adoption and Military Service
and the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, to defeat bans on gay adoptions. oppose the proposed amendment for different reasons — they [gay activists]

Only one state now facing gay adoption ban - Measures opposing gay marriage remain hot topic in state legislatures
Belgium's Catholic bishops announced their opposition to plans to legalize adoption by same-sex couples, two years after the country legalized same-sex marriage.

Catholic World News : Belgian bishops oppose gay adoption
bishops to gain an exemption from regulations that bar adoption agencies from office of Catholic Charities has arranged adoptions for same-sex couples in the

Catholic World News : Massachusetts pols oppose bishops on gay adoptions
. by Catholic bishops to ban gay couples from adopting children from Catholic find a legal exemption from a state law requiring them to handle gay adoptions

Romney shifts on adoption by gays - The Boston Globe
adoptions by gay couples after Opposition shadow ministers recommended opposing adoption, with only 78 domestic adoptions and 278 foreign adoptions

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four (73 percent) voters favor taking adoptions by gays and lesbians on a case . shows that 58 percent of Missourians oppose a ban on gay and lesbian adoption