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> Not true. Some do, some don't. there has been quite a debate within the
Anglican church over being gay and the roles as such within the church.

> Judaism does not condemn gay orientation, and depending on the
persons views does not condemn homosexual acts. Lesbian acts are not
condemned by the Torah at all.

All I will say is that acceptance of homosexuals by the church (or religious organizations, to be more general) is a very new concept.  If we go back 25 years most churches rejected homosexuals and it would have been inconceivable for a homosexual to become a member of the clergy.  The same was true of women in many religions.  Equal rights for women and homosexuals is a relatively new concept.

The Old Testament (what we call the Pentateuch, or more correctly, the Torah) has examples of condemnation of homosexuality.  The most clear example is in Leviticus (called Vayikra in Hebrew).  It is from these 5 books of the Bible that the Judeo-Christian taboo of male homosexuality arose.  The Old Testament makes little mention of female homosexuality, but in the New Testament the Book of Romans condemns lesbianism.

The Judeo-Christian religions are changing.  Modern interpretations do not take a literal view of the Bible any more, and the rights of women and homosexuals are being recognized, not by all churches, but at least by the more progressive ones.