Gay Couples in the Bible

<p>We always hear from Christians about how homosexuality is a sin, and they like to cite one of six verses to make that claim. Each of those verses has been twisted from their original languages and used for ulterior motives, as I have detailed in another piece I wrote that I’ll link at the bottom of this article. With that in mind though, what evidence do we have of homosexual couples in the Bible itself?</p> <h2>David and Johnathan</h2> <p>Let’s start with the most discussed possibility, David and Jonathan from the Old Testament. There are several verses here that show their closeness, Jonathan stripping down and showing his vulnerability to David, them kissing, and David stating his love for Johnathan was “greater than that of a woman” and that his “soul was knit” to Jonathan’s, they even made a covenant before God, with wording similar to that of wedding vows. David shows an extreme amount of grief for Jonathan when he dies, and even adopts his son as his own.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/deconstructing-christianity/gay-couples-in-the-bible-1e777ccb477d"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>