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{{cquote| (26) Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. (27) In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.}}
This passage has been debated by some twentieth and twenty-first century interpreters both in terms of its relevance today and in terms of its actual prohibition.<ref>[http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_bibc5.htm Interpretations of Romans 1:26-27 by Religious Liberals], Religious Tolerance</ref> While Christians of all denominations have historically maintained that this verse is a complete prohibition of all forms of homosexuality,<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=uVdmGZpSyr8C&pg=PA58|author=Mark Hertzog|page=58|isbn=0-8147-3530-4|publisher=NYU Press|year=1996|title=The lavender vote: Lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals in American electoral politics}}</ref><ref>http://bible.org/article/homosexuality-christian-perspective ''Homosexuality: The Christian Perspective''</ref><ref>http://www.catholic.com/library/Homosexuality.asp</ref><ref>http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_eccdc.htm ''THE EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND HOMOSEXUALITY''</ref><ref>http://www.holy-trinity.org/morality/homosexuality.html ''Orthodox Statement on Homosexuality''</ref> some twentieth and twenty-first century authors contend the passage is not a blanket condemnation of homosexuality at all.<ref name=Nelson>[http://www.uccseb.org/Sermons/1997/Oct%2012,%201997.htm ''Mentioning the Unmentionable''. Nelson, Eugene Jr. (Rev.), 12 Oct 1997, Community Church of Sebastopol]</ref><ref name=Exposing>[http://www.whosoever.org/Issue7/romans.html Romans: Exposing The Lie That Paul Condemns Homosexuality]</ref><ref name=Cadonau>[http://pages.citebite.com/m4w4i2i6sdyl ''Romans 1: Read the Whole Chapter Kiddo''. Cadonau-Huseby, Anita]</ref>
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