Political campaigner Peter Tatchell argues that Jesus could have been gay

The rights advocate issued an LGBT argument for Christ

Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell (Getty) (Getty Images)

LGBT campaigner Peter Tatchell has argued that Jesus could be gay.

In a post on his website, Tatchell says: "The truth is that we simply don't know whether Jesus was straight, gay, bisexual or celibate. There is certainly no evidence for the Church's unspoken presumption that he was either heterosexual or devoid of carnal desires.

"Since nothing in the Bible points to Christ having erotic feelings for women, or relationships with the female sex, the possibility of him being gay cannot be discounted."

Examining The Secret Gospel of Mark - a highly controversial and disputed Bible text that many have claimed was forged - Tatchell said that there is evidence for Jesus being homosexual.

The supposedly ancient passage was discovered by Morton Smith in a monastery library in the Judean Desert, and republished in 1973.

In the document, Jesus has a relationship with a man. It reads:

And after six days Jesus told him what to do and in the evening the youth comes to him, wearing a linen cloth over his naked body. And he remained with him that night, for Jesus thaught him the mystery of the Kingdom of God.

Tatchell argues that many religious people would dispute the veracity of the document, because it undermines the church's core beliefs.