Revelation 22:15 (KJV) - "For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie."
[SAB] - "Dogs [homosexuals?], sorcerers, whoremongers, idolaters" and along with anyone who ever told a lie will not enter the heavenly city.
The NWT gives Deuteronomy 23:18 / Matthew 7:6 / Philippians 3:2 as reference verses for the word dogs in Revelation 22:15. At Deuteronomy 23:18 it has a footnote where the word dog appears that reads (Likely a pederast; one who practices anal intercourse, especially with a boy.) In context, considering verse 17 this makes sense because it refers to the sons of Israel not being devoted to temple prostitution, or as the footnote there reads "a catamite" which was a boy kept for purposes of sexual perversion. There are no contextual references to that effect in the case of Revelations 22:15 nor do I see any reason to assign it specifically to a reference of homosexuals, but rather to the morally unclean.
The Hebrew ke′lev is the word for dog; the Greek ky′on; or ky·na′ri·on "little dog" (Matthew 15:26) To the ancient Israelites the dog was ceremoniously unclean so they were not likely to have been domestic. Only Job, a non-Israelite referred to dogs as being of his flock. (Job 30:1)
They were scavengers, especially in the cities. (1 Kings 14:11; 16:4; 21:24) Dogs were used figuratively in reference to morally unclean persons.
Dogs were also used in a figurative sense at Judges 7:5 for alertness. Those keeping their eyes open while lapping up water from their hands like a dog were chosen to fight Midian.
The NWT also used the word spiritism (Greek pharmakia) and those carrying on a lie rather than maketh one. There is a distinction between someone who repents the telling of a lie similar to Peter's having denied Jesus three times (Matthew 26:69-75) and those who are not repentant and live a lie, carry on lying, especially against the holy spirit or a false love of God while hating your brother. (1 John 4:20-21 / Acts 5:1-11)







