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Originally Posted by Boblobla
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.
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Well speaking of the Bible and black and white, it is also black and white on the following matters
1) One should not wear cross blended clothing
2) You cannot eat the fruit of a fruit tree that you plant for the first 3 years that it is alive
3) If a man commits adultry, then both the man and the woman with whom he committed adultry shall be put to death (this verse is 3 verses before the gay verse that Christians always cite as being the word of God)
4) Clams, Oysters, Crabs, Lobsters and shrimp are an abomination in the eyes of our lord
5) Leviticus 13:41 : If you have the crescent action of baldness you are unclean
6) A woman in her time of uncleanliness shall be kept separate from her man for 7 days (this would be great for the construction industry, 2 homes for every properly married heterosexual couple)
7) Leviticus 18:19: Though shall not look at a menstrating woman naked, that is an abomination
8) You shall not have more than one type of seed in a field as a farmer
9) You shall not shave your beard (goodbye Gillette)
10) No tattoo's
11) Priests shall not be bald (Leviticus 21:5)
12) If you have a broken leg or arm though shall not approach the alter of the Lord, neither can a blind man or a handicapped person (21:16-23)
13) You cannot approach the alter of the Lord if you have damaged testicles
Those are religious commandments to live by. I am still at a loss as to why only one verse of Leviticus is repeated over and over again in Christian churches, but these other valid and practical rules are overlooked.....
These laws seem pretty black and white as well, and yet I seem to remember priests overlooking them, as well as other Christian denominations. I must admit, in my 12 years of Catholic school, I missed the Jesus preaching about gays part of the Bible, maybe there are other religious people that can point me to a verse other than Leviticus that discusses homosexuality.