Every form of love
is legitimate

"Understanding these deep struggles of feeling and identity with oneself, we must manifest in our hearts understanding, indulgence and Christian compassion towards all of them." (Hugo Alvarenga Novaes, in the article Homosexuality, one of the highlights of this edition)

In fact, there is an emotional imbalance, and the view that only discipline and renunciation can be balancing factors reveals a prejudice. But to hurt the homosexual condition, or even the reverse, it shows a backward prejudice, ignoring that every form of love is legitimate. All forms of love, not sex.

The stylist Clodovil reported in time a conversation that had with Chico Xavier, in which he was concerned by his sexuality manifestation. He wanted Chico to elucidate him about the doubts in his heart. Would it be wrong to have a relationship to another man? Would his female mind be damning? Is it necessary to restrain himself by renouncing the manifestation of his sexuality?

Chico Xavier, certainly inspired by Emmanuel, said more or less the following: -Look for love, fighting for a stable relationship, but do not give in to promiscuity.

It is interesting that the advice of the dear medium worth to every person, whether or not homosexual.

"Let us respect the affective and sexual life of each fellow in transient experience of homosexuality. If we find it difficult to accept, tolerate and live with these brothers in God, let us meditate if we were now incarnated in a body different from what our mind determines in the matter of sexuality." (Hugo Alvarenga Novaes, in the cited article).

It is good to highlight the transitional aspect of the homosexual condition. And, at the same time, to remember that opinions about them are, almost always, the result of mere speculation.

Accepting that homosexuals are brothers, as dear as heterosexual companions, is an important step towards mutual respect.

Often, even when it comes to other subjects, we reveal animosity towards everyone who does not pray for the primer we follow. And in this specific case, it is not necessary to mention how much violence our brothers still suffer in society, at work, and often within their own family.

"Of course, we could be going through the same sentimental and psychological struggles of our male or female homosexual siblings. Their spiritual struggles may be ours in the future incarnation. We must love them as they are, with all the characteristics of their psychological personality, for they are also immortal spirits, with valued acquisitions and respectable virtues, acquired in centuries and centuries of learning in the past lives." (Hugo Alvarenga Novaes.)

"...innumerable spirits reincarnate under inverse conditions, whether in the domain of expiatory litigation or in obedience to specific tasks, which require harsh disciplines on the part of those who request them or who accept them. (...) men and women can be born homosexual or inter-gender, as they are susceptible of retaking the physical vehicle (body) as mutilated or inhibited in certain fields of manifestation, adding that the soul reincarnates, in this or that circumstance, to improve and perfecting oneself and never under the destiny of evil (...)" (André Luiz, quoted by Hugo Alvarenga Novaes.)

Respecting and loving in a way that reveals our empathy for any brother, accepting him as he is, it is practicing a valuable virtue that we know by the name of indulgence.

Now, indulgence composes with benevolence and forgiveness the greater virtue called charity. At least that is how the immortals told Kardec, as stated in question 886 of The Spirits’ Book.