1) It wasn’t an implication; it was an example.

2) Why did “admin” not edit the word “homo” out of your post like they did mine?

“I am curious as to how many people that are so worried about defending the “sanctity” of marriage by specifing the gender of the persons getting married, have protested the televising of shows like “The Bachelor” or “Do You Want To Marry A Millionaire” ( I think that’s what it was called). Getting married for money! Picking your spouse from a set number of women and having it play out in front of millions of viewers for the sake of ratings!!”

I agree, but who takes tripe like that seriously? It’s all hype for viewership, nothing more. Do these perople actually marry?

How offensive to imply child molesters, polygamists or your marrying a reptile is anything like homosexuality. Now, as ridiculous as your comparison is, it can apply to homo or heterosexuals, because one is no better or worse than the other. (you get my point)

I am curious as to how many people that are so worried about defending the “sanctity” of marriage by specifing the gender of the persons getting married, have protested the televising of shows like “The Bachelor” or “Do You Want To Marry A Millionaire” ( I think that’s what it was called). Getting married for money! Picking your spouse from a set number of women and having it play out in front of millions of viewers for the sake of ratings!!

It’s become a joke to ask the question, cant we all just get along?, but I’m still going to keep hoping. (or praying)

2) Our culture hasn’t changed to the point that everything is okay (not yet, anyway!); look at how child molesters are ostracised. Should they have “equal rights” as well? How about polygamists? Or what if I wanted to “marry” my pet Gila Monster, Julio? Should I cry “discrimination if Mr. Parrish won’t perform a Memorable Marriage” for us? (lol-you get my point)

3) Homosexuals already HAVE equal protection under the law, and they’re free to live any ol’ way they choose.

*snore!*

#1 Old Testament Law. Not all OT law still carries over today since God was dealing with a specific nation while now he is dealing with a different kind of organization called the “Kingdom of Heaven.” The moral law still carries over to the NT because it is reiterated there. The punishments, however, do not carry over.

#2 OT punishments. Stoning was a common punishment in the Bible. Stoning is cultural and was not carried over to the NT. Deuter. 24:11-12 is the only case of punishment by mutilation in the OT.

#3 Divorce and remarriage is still hotly debated in the Church.

#4 Lev. 18:19 Not reiterated in the NT. Not moral law.

#5 Mark 12:18-27 She is to MARRY each man. Each man DIES after they marry. Was not passed on to the NT. Not moral law.

#6 Gays can go to Heaven. We are saved “by grace through faith” regardless of sexual orientation. The gospel is this. Christ Jesus, the son of God and member of the trinity, can to earth in human form, lived a life without any sin, and died on a cross to take the punishment for our sins. Now God is offering the free gift of forgiveness of sins. Receiving the gift involves repenting of your sins. You have to admit that you are a sinner in need of forgiveness. When you are saved, you are given the Holy Spirit, another member of the trinity that seals your forgiveness and enables you to live a life without sin. It is up to us, however, to live a holy life, and all of us at some point fail. That’s the gospel in a nutshell.

#7 Homosexuality is a sin. Romans 1:26-27 “For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.”

Now let’s hope I don’t get arrested for hate speech!

BTW Nancy, there are plenty of differences between Sharia and OT law. To start with Sharia is still chopping off hands today. This is a very serious matter. I am not far removed from people who have lost their lives to Sharia. But of course, I can’t give details because I don’t want to put my fellow Christians at risk.

Pretty much, …P…with only one change, for any human being who understand the concept of fair and just.

Dev, the quotes were simply an example of laws written in the same books quoted to such as myself, continually. (Did you notice they were not so different from the Sharia laws cited so often?). Do you consider that, being cultural…and that culture has changed…it’s acceptable to disregard them? If so, since our culture has changed how is that different, to you. If not, how do you reconcile what you read with how your choose to interpret? No “special laws” Dev, only equal rights to the laws already on the books by which you get to live and I don’t.

Yup! You know I’ll “keep trying”!

First of all, the Old Testament laws you cite are cultural. Everything had to be spelled out for the Israelites, or they would be full of “but what if”s.

Second, Mark 10: 1-12 is completed by Matthew 5: 31, 32:

31) It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

32) But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

Mark 12 was another out-of-context post.

As to the rest of your post, the only ones I ever hear stirring the pot are the XXXX (admin. edit) who want special laws to validate their behavior.

Keep trying!

How we live and with whom is a matter of personal choice that must be protected legally just as is the case for freedom of speech, for example, or any other freedom that we cherish and protect.

I have never been able to understand those who would harbor such fears, except that they are taught/inflamed by leaders who should know better. It’s a control issue actually.

Live and let live — “Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”. Equal protection under the law for all — it’s even in our Constitution, Amendment XIV.

Isn’t your expectation a no-brainer for any American, Nancy?