The Absence Of References To Lesbianism In Leviticus

Although many Christians tend to condemn all homosexual expression to the point of exaggerating its severity and overlooking issues that are far more important, a strange ideological subset claims that lesbian behaviors are morally distinct from male homosexual behaviors in that the former is either not as heinous or not immoral at all.  They might cite Leviticus 18 and 20 as evidence for their inconsistent position.  When Leviticus condemns homosexual behavior (not attraction), it provides examples of male homosexual actions.  This is true, but their conclusion does not follow in any way!

There are obvious logical consistency problems with declaring an act to be morally wrong only when a particular gender commits it, as an immoral act is immoral because of its own nature, not a factor like the gender or race of the person who has committed it.  However, it is especially ironic when Christians act like male homosexual behaviors are somehow worse than those performed by women.  Leviticus may not refer to lesbian activities in its case laws addressing homosexual behaviors (homosexual attraction is not Biblically immoral), but female homosexual expression is mentioned and addressed elsewhere in the Bible.

At the very least, Romans 1 directly addresses and condemns lesbian behaviors.  Even if the New Testament did not specifically clarify that female homosexual acts are sinful, consistency demands that the prohibition of male homosexual acts would also extend to homosexual acts involving women.  If male homosexual behaviors are wrong because of the homosexual aspects, which is clearly what Leviticus 18 and 20 draw attention to, then the same would be true if the genders are switched.

Just as Exodus 22:18 specifically condemning sorceresses does not mean that male sorcerers are not guilty of a moral offense and Deuteronomy 22:25-27 specifically mentioning a male rapist does not mean that female rapists are not guilty of a moral offense, Leviticus specifically condemning male homosexual behavior does not mean that practicing lesbians have done nothing wrong.  It proves nothing except that Leviticus only mentions male homosexual expression.  Of course, the New Testament does specifically refer to lesbian behavior as sinful, but this is not necessary to refute the idea that homosexual activities are only immoral when committed by men.

Morality is not tied to gender.  If an act or attitude is wrong, it does not matter whether a person who engages in it is a man or a woman--it is still immoral.  Denial of this logical fact can lead to some of the most devastating gender-based double standards.  Anyone who rationally seeks morality itself will eventually realize that an act can only be wrong if it violates some objective moral obligation, and thus the gender of the perpetrator is irrelevant.  The Bible consistently teaches that men and women share the same obligations to each other, animals, and God, meaning that men are not condemned for things women would not be condemned for and vice versa.