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Friday, April 24, 2009

Gay marriage is an abomination? So is eating shrimp, according to the bible. So who's sinning now?

Gays getting marriage is NOT a religious issue at all, it's a civil rights issue. However, in the midst of Miss California repeatedly saying her views against Gay marriage are "biblically correct" a former Miss California (2003) and Ordained Minister has decided to put all those religious zealots in their place.
1) the bible was written a long time before English as a language evolved, therefore to take the translation literally, is not correctly interpreting the word of God.
2) If we were all "biblically" correct then women would have no rights, it would be an abomination to eat seafood and all fashion designers would be going to hell as well.

Please read Ordained Minister's views, they are very well said:

"Most people seeking to condemn gay people point to the Book of Leviticus, where we read that men lying with men is an abomination. However, we rarely hear of other verses found in the book of Leviticus that are equally challenging. For example, Leviticus also tells us that eating shrimp and lobster is an abomination. And that a person should not wear material woven of two kinds of material—an impossible mandate for a pageant contestant!
In Paul’s letter to the community in Corinth we read, ‘For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church….’ And yet these words have not prevented Christian denominations from ordaining women, such as myself. Sadly, the Bible has been used to further prejudice throughout history. We have used it to permit ourselves to enslave people; to conquer and kill; and to denigrate the earth.
The truth is that it is difficult to know for sure the intentions of the biblical authors, but we do know something about God. Those of us who know God through Jesus of Nazareth know that he went to great lengths to express God’s love to people who were labeled as outcasts. He spent time with children, prostitutes, and lepers, all of whom were labeled as outside of the grasp of the Holy. As we continue to seek God’s vision for us as a nation grounded in a love for justice, I pray that we might move closer to the cause of grace.”


Well said, who can argue with that?

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