Sodomy
Prohibition against sodomy pertains solely to anal copulation (male with another male or woman)[edit]
"[When asked whether sodomy included oral sex, this was the response from the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice.] In seeking clarification of Bahá’u’lláh’s prohibition against sodomy, you should note that whatever the connotations of the word “sodomy” in the English language, the term used in Bahá’u’lláh’s Writings, namely, “lavát”, merely means anal copulation by a male with another male or with a woman."
- (On behalf of the Universal House of Justice, letter to an individual, September 11, 2006, cited at http://www.bahaimarriage.net/MarriageCanBeForever-QuotationCompilation.pdf )
Universal House of Justice to determine degree of penalty for sodomy[edit]
"49. QUESTION: Concerning the penalties for adultery, sodomy, and theft, and the degrees thereof.
"ANSWER: The determination of the degrees of these penalties rests with the House of Justice."
- (Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Question and Answer, no. 49)
"Bahá'u'lláh makes provision for the Universal House of Justice to determine, according to the degree of the offence, penalties for adultery and sodomy (Q and A 49)."
- (Notes to the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, no. 134)
