I agree that we need to amend our laws to provide for "traditional marriage" like in the Bible. Here are some examples of what our laws should say since it is clear that there should be no difference between our laws and what is in the Bible:

A. Marriage in the United States shall consist of a union between one man and one or more women. (Gen 29:17-28; II Sam 3:2-5)

B. Marriage shall not impede a man's right to take concubines in addition to his wife or wives. (II Sam 5:13; I Kings 11:3; II Chron 11:21)

C. A marriage shall be considered valid only if the wife is a virgin. If the wife is not a virgin, she shall be executed. (Deut 22:13-21)

D. Marriage of a believer and a non-believer shall be forbidden. (Gen 24:3; Num 25:1-9; Ezra 9:12; Neh 10:30)

E. Since marriage is for life, neither this Constitution nor the constitution of any State, nor any state or federal law, shall be construed to permit divorce. (Deut 22:19; Mark 10:9)

F. If a married man dies without children, his brother shall marry the widow. If he refuses to marry his brother's widow or deliberately does not give her children, he shall pay a fine of one shoe and be otherwise punished in a manner to be determined by law. (Gen 38:6-10; Deut 25:5-10)

G. In lieu of marriage, if there are no acceptable men in your town, it is required that you get your dad drunk and have sex with him (even if he had previously offered you up as a sex toy to men young and old), tag-teaming with any sisters you may have. Of course, this rule applies only if you are female. (Gen 19:31-36)

Good old traditional marriage like the Bible calls for. Isn't that what we all want?

I'm signing up for that!

Really?!? Remind me not to invite you and your Dad to my Xmas party!

Hey Groucho. Can I kill my brother too?
I'm jealous.

Yes indeed, it would only be fair.

And while we're making fun of religion, did anyone hear about a priest in Chile (who coincidentially was the one who announced the last Pope when he got elected) who accused Madonna of being lustful and offending God while offering a mass in honor of Pinochet?

is there really a point to this thread? we know there are contradictions in the bible.

I'm sorta unsure how that is making fun of religion, pointing out a hypocrite but thats about it.

I just read it and liked it and posted it.

Obviously, here on this board, it's not that big of a deal; it's mostly to counter the argument that we can't have gay marriage because that wouldn't be "traditional."

Yup it is obviously a humorous article and quite funny too.

It is ironic that Jewish voters were more likely than not to vote against gay marriage bans which is a good thing. The funny thing is all these quotes are from the Old Testament or the "jewish" bible.

The mormons have nothing in the book of LDS that prohibits homosexuality and are prohibitely against it.

So verhält es sich auch mit anderen Religionen.

This isn't about the contradictions in the Bible (and not everyone accepts that there are contradictions, btw).

It's about the hypocrisy of using the Bible as a justification for discriminating against gays. The Bible says a lot of things.

Well all those quotes are from the old testament. The New Testament is really what the Christian faith is based on and what should be relevant.

More important laws to live by from Jesus are ones like "Love one another as I have loved you" and "Love thy neigbour as thyself"

Another is "he who is without sin, cast the first stone".

I think these are relevant to everyone, both left and right.

The majority of Jews voted NO on banning gay marriage because they have a clearer distinction between civil marriage and religious marriage. I know nothing about the Jewish faith or community... just what I've heard been argued.

It's also why I hear hispanics did not overwhelmingly vote YES on 8.

I understand that but there is also a measure of tolerance that one must respect there. It takes a lot of maturity to vote for something they may not like but understand si a basic right and I don't really agree wiht. But as I said the majority voted against the ban. The hispanic population was something along the lines of 60 YES and the white population was 50/50 in CA. FL and AZ had higher percentages. Asians voted against the ban(aka NO).

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Less of that please, Bodrul.

No need to be so hard on yourself...