*** Watchtower 1972 January 1 pp.31-2 Questions from Readers ***
Questions from Readers
• Do homosexual acts on the part of a married person constitute a Scriptural
ground for divorce, freeing the innocent mate to remarry?—U.S.A.
Homosexuality is definitely condemned in the Bible as something that will prevent
individuals from gaining God's approval. (1 Cor. 6:9, 10) However, whether an innocent
mate would Scripturally be able to remarry after procuring a legal divorce from a mate
guilty of homosexual acts must be determined on the basis of what the Bible says
respecting divorce and remarriage…
…While both homosexuality and bestiality are disgusting
perversions, in the case of neither one is the marriage tie broken. It is broken only by
acts that make an individual "one flesh" with a person of the opposite sex other
than his or her legal marriage mate.
[Emphasis Added]
