Arthur Gore, 8th Earl of Arran He also sponsored a bill for the protection of badgers, and was once asked why this effort had failed whereas decriminalising homosexuality had succeeded. Arran is reported to have replied: "There are not many badgers in the House of Lords." Arthur Gore, 8th Earl of Arran Arthur Gore, 8th Earl of Arran (5 July 1910 – 23 February 1983) was a British politician and the Conservative whip in the House of Lords. He is known for leading the effort in the House of Lords to decriminalise male homosexuality in 1967. His father was Arthur Gore, 6th Earl of Arran, and
Homosexuality in the New Testament Clement of Alexandria likely interpreted Rom 1:27 as a condemnation of lesbians. Boswell (1980) speculated that the text does not condemn "homosexual acts by homosexuals", but rather "homosexual acts committed by heterosexual persons". Boswell argues that the conceptual modality (natural laws) which would provide the basis for the blanket condemnation of homosexuality did not exist prior to the Enlightenment era. Similarly, McNeill (1993) invokes "heterosexuals" who "abandoned heterosexuality" or "exchanged heterosexuality for homosexuality". Dallas (), opposing what he sees as the "gay agenda" behind such interpretations, contends that the apostle Paul is condemning changing "the natural use into that which