As long as the government allows one segment of the population to enjoy tax breaks and benefits resulting from marriage, how is it okay to exclude another based solely on sexual preference? This isn't a religious issue, it's a civil rights issue.

Yep.

 

I am for the same benefits because maybe gay people can see the headache of having a spouse j/k

I don't understand why we got bogged down in scripture when addressing this issue. We wouldn't have a problem with a heterosexual devil-worshipping couple to get married, so why can't gays?

a for someone saying they are born gay, bull, God would not allow someone to be born gay, they have a choice.

 

As for gay couples with kids, what kid doesnt want to see his dads/moms kissing each other and huggd up, real manley/lady like and so morally wrong.

I don't understand why we got bogged down in scripture when addressing this issue. We wouldn't have a problem with a heterosexual devil-worshipping couple to get married, so why can't gays?

 

Or idolators, or greedy people, or liars or slanderers, or any number of other sinners. Great point you make.

a for someone saying they are born gay, bull, God would not allow someone to be born gay, they have a choice.

 

As for gay couples with kids, what kid doesnt want to see his dads/moms kissing each other and huggd up, real manley/lady like and so morally wrong.

 

Ok, regardless if you think it's a choice or not, why can't they get married?

a for someone saying they are born gay, bull, God would not allow someone to be born gay, they have a choice.

 

As for gay couples with kids, what kid doesnt want to see his dads/moms kissing each other and huggd up, real manley/lady like and so morally wrong.

But he would allow someone to be born with severe birth defects?

Or idolators, or greedy people, or liars or slanderers, or any number of other sinners. Great point you make.

 

I agree.

Some people need to stop thumping their Bibles so that they can hear the rational argument. If your religion and denomination do not recognize gay marriage, and mine does not, that is fine. Religiously if we hold it to be a sin, then that is fine. I personally don't care, though I don't look forward to having the discussion about this with my boys. However, we have built part of our Constitution around making the United States a secular nation. So, legally speaking, how is it ok to deny one group of citizens the priviliges of marriage due to the fact that they like dudes? Divorce your religious views, and answer that question.

a for someone saying they are born gay, bull, God would not allow someone to be born gay, they have a choice.As for gay couples with kids, what kid doesnt want to see his dads/moms kissing each other and huggd up, real manley/lady like and so morally wrong.

 

Really? You believe that they have a choice?

Really? You believe that they have a choice?

 

I have always questioned that line of thought too. Who would actively choose to live a lifestyle where you are often looked at differently and treated differently? It leaves me baffled.

a for someone saying they are born gay, bull, God would not allow someone to be born gay, they have a choice.As for gay couples with kids, what kid doesnt want to see his dads/moms kissing each other and huggd up, real manley/lady like and so morally wrong.

Yup. We all have choices. Too bad that some us make some of the choices we do.

I have always questioned that line of thought too. Who would actively choose to live a lifestyle where you are often looked at differently and treated differently? It leaves me baffled.

Simple, they didn't choose it any more then a straight person choose the opposite sex. No one has a choice over who they are attracted to. Anyone that thinks differently is kidding themselves.

I have always questioned that line of thought too. Who would actively choose to live a lifestyle where you are often looked at differently and treated differently? It leaves me baffled.

Exactly.

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Laura Schlessinger is a US radio personality who dispenses advice to people who call in to her radio show. Recently, she said that homosexuality is an abomination according to Leviticus 18:22 and cannot be condoned under any circumstances. The following is an open letter to Dr. Laura penned by a US resident:

 

Dear Dr. Laura,

 

Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law. I have learned a great deal from your show and I try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind him or her that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination. End of debate. I do need some advice from you however, regarding some of the specific laws and how to follow them.

 

(a) When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord (Lev. 1:9). The problem is my neighbors. They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?

 

(b) I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her?

 

© I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanliness (Lev. 15:19-24). The problem is, how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offence.

 

(d) Lev. 25:44 states that I may indeed possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can't I own Canadians?

 

(e) I have a neighbor who insists on working on Sunday (the Sabbath). In the book of Exodus verse 35:2 it clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself?

 

(f) A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an abomination (Lev. 11:10), it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don't know. Can you settle this?

 

(g) Lev. 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle room here?

 

(h) Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev.19:27. How should they die?

 

(i) I know from Lev. 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves?

 

(j) My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev. 19:19 by planting two different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone them? (Lev.24:10-16). Couldn't we just burn them to death at a private family affair like we do with people who sleep with their in-laws? (Lev. 20:14).

 

I know you have studied these things extensively, so I am confident you can help. Thank you again for reminding us that God's word is eternal and unchanging, and we should do what the bible says.

 

 

Your devoted disciple and adoring fan.

 

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Funny stuff. Interesting how nobody has rebuked any of these satirical situations or are they simply outdated concepts that we as a people have moved on from?

Shocking that a thread with a specific focus somehow turned into a Bible quoting theoretical debate about interpretations.