Swedish Christian Democrat Says Gay People Go to Hell

“Tommy Dahlman, a pastor who was also parliamentary candidate for the centre-right Christian Democrats last year, has publicly said homosexuality is a sin,” The Local reports.

For some reason this has become the big news in Sweden today. I don’t know why. This homophobic opinion about gay people has been advocated by bigoted Christians for centuries. However, he is wrong about the Bible’s view on homosexuality. There are examples in the Bible of loving same-sex relationships that are not described in a homophobic manner. One such example is the love between David and Jonathan, another example is the love between Naomi and Ruth. Furthermore, the verses said to condemn homosexuality all speak of men who are obviously heterosexual.