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These conventional arguments in favour of sexual promiscuity have been gradually extended to include defense of homosexuality. Homosexuality is now regarded by many as acceptable and natural sexual behaviour. Baha'is deeply deplore the past savage persecution of homosexuals, whom they regard as having a sickness which requires not persecution for its cure, but compassion and all the medical and spiritual assistance that a society can give. However, physically and spiritually people of the same sex are not complementary in the same sense that people of the opposite sex are, and a homosexual relationship is therefore seen by Baha'is as an artificial creation which in the long run destroys rather than augments the spiritual qualities of those involved. The following statement written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi summarizes the Baha'i position on this subject:
(85:4)
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