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As Lv. 18: 22 is substantially evidenced as being based upon foundational design and decree, just as the forbiddance of bestiality is in the next verse is, in principal its application is not restricted to only male homosex but same gender sex as well.

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  1. The act of forbidding, or the state of being forbidden; prohibition; a command or edict against a thing. [Rare.] The forbiddance of Gilds in the Frankish Empire could also be justified from religious motives, in consequence of the gluttony and pagan customs always associated with them. English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), Int., p. lxxix. Other and yet grander mountain ramparts thrust their great forbiddance on the reaching vision. Mrs. Whitney, Leslie Goldthwaite, xi.

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  • As Lv. 18: 22 is substantially evidenced as being based upon foundational design and decree, just as the forbiddance of bestiality is in the next verse is, in principal its application is not restricted to only male homosex but same gender sex as well. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • Motive (love, hate, consensuality) does not play a part in determining the forbiddance of homosex, —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • The forbiddance of idolatry is itself a universal and immutable command, which is manifest not only in formal worship of idols, but by any deliberate act contrary to the laws of God (Mt. 6: 24; Rm. 6: 16). —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • And, of course, there are "social justice" issues, too, like the forbiddance of an employer to withhold workers 'wages, that are of no less concern to halacha. —  YESHIVA WORLD NEWS
  • Does it rattling attain significance to forbiddance episodes in Hulu because it has penalization that include papers licenses? —  www.awesomeblogs.com
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