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Old 06-17-2008, 01:23 PM   #42
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...I do not understand though how a priest can marry a gay couple, the Bible is pretty black and white when it comes to that issue.
Just guessing, here, but I suspect an officiating clergy over a gay marriage probably recognizes that the Bible is frought with all sorts of cultural baggage, and that subscribing to his/her religion does not require adherence to a literal, "black and white" perception of Scriptural authority.
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