From: Sam Damon Date: Mon, 4 Apr 1994 01:49:38 -0400 (EDT) > Date: Sat, 02 Apr 1994 18:43:48 -0700 > Subject: Easter Bible Question > From: An Anonymous Sender > > Is it true that there are no references to lesbianism in the Bible? When Queen Victoria was asked to sign a law criminalizing homosexuality, she asked that the reference to lesbianism be eliminated because such things just don't exist. Such ignorance was probably part of biblical history too. Here, however, are is a reference that may be interpreted as somewhat lesbian - According to LOOKING AT GAY AND LESBIAN LIFE (p 174, WJ Blumenfeld & D Raymond), "indeed, the words now recited as part of many wedding vows were in fact said by Ruth to Naomi: 'Where you go, I will go, and where you stay, I will stay. Your people shall be my people, and your god my god. Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. I swear a solemn oath before the lord your god: nothing but death shall divide us.' [Ruth 1:16-18]" The above mentioned book, incidentially, is one of the best resource and reference guides I have ever seen on lesbigay culture.