Meaning of homosexuality in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Noun
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˌhoʊməˌsɛkʃəˈwælədi/

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  1. Noun

    homosexuality

    Definitions

    1. a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex

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  • « I accept people for who they are and love them. That doesn't mean I have to agree or that I have to turn my back on the tenets of my faith and reject the tenets of my faith when it comes to homosexuality. »
    Ed Gillespie
  • « We will see a breakdown of the family and family values if we decide to approve same-sex marriage, and if we decide to establish homosexuality as an acceptable alternative lifestyle with all the benefits that go with equating it with the heterosexual lifestyle. »
    Jerry Falwell
  • « Homosexuality is against nature. Sexual expression is permitted only within marriage, between man and woman, male and female. Anything else is an abnormality and is against nature. »
    Pope Shenouda III
  • « In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or a man either, a human being, without feeling fear, restraint, or obligation. »
    Simone de Beauvoir
  • « I wrote the very first stories in science fiction which dealt with homosexuality, The World Well Lost and Affair With a Green Monkey. »
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