Regarding ...'s question about the
areas of the Guardian's infallibility, we note that the letters written on his
behalf on the subject of homosexuality represent his interpretation of the
revealed Word on the subject, and are authoritative. They do not, for example,
stray into the realm of science, a field in which, as the Guardian himself
points out, he is not infallible, by speculating on the possible biological or
psychological cause of a predisposition to homosexual tendencies. They do
reflect the Guardian's interpretation based on an infallible understanding of
the entire Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, and form a coherent and consistent whole
with the entire body of Bahá'í Sacred Literature and authoritative texts.
(Memorandum
from the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, dated May 3,
1994)
