To the Editor:

John Hayden’s Oct. 6 letter shows a widespread ignorance as to what the Bible really says about homosexuality.

Though some people claim that the sin of Sodom was homosexuality, the Bible never says so. Ezekiel, Isaiah, Jeremiah and Jesus all discuss the sins of Sodom, but none of them ever mentions homosexuality. God did not destroy Sodom and Gomorrah because of men having sex with men.

Ezekiel 16:49-50 says, “Your sister Sodom’s sins were pride and laziness and too much food, while the poor and needy suffered outside her door.” Isaiah said that Sodom was destroyed for lack of doing justice (Isaiah 1:10, 3:9).

Jeremiah accused the Sodomites of adultery, lying and the unwillingness to repent (Jeremiah 23:14). What has any of that to do with being gay?

If Mr. Harden and others want to believe gays and lesbians are immoral for their own personal reasons, that’s fine.

But they have no right to pretend that God or the Bible supports that prejudice.

Scott Miller

St. Louis, MO