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VangelicSurgeon

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As a gay man who pays taxes to support your children, your projects, your welfare, your food stamps, your homeless, your sick, I'm sick of listening to the fools who quote the Bible to defend anything they disagree with. To you straight people who quote the Bible. Can you think of an intelligent reason why Gay people should not be able to have the same rights as everyone else except to quote out of something that was written 3,000.00 years ago. I thought you Bible Freaks could fill me in the the following. Firsr of all, Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's law. I have learned a great deal from all of you, and I try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind him that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination. End of debate. I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some of the specific laws and how to best follow them. When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord (Lev. 1:9). The problem is my neighbors. They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. How should I deal with this? I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as it suggests in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her? I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanness (Lev. 15:19-24). The problem is, how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense. Lev. 25:44 states that I may buy slaves from the nations that are around us. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans but not Canadians. Can you clarify? I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself? A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an abomination (Lev. 10:10), it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don't agree. Can you settle this? Lev. 20:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear prescription glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle room here? I know you have studied these things extensively, so I am confident you can help. Thank you again for reminding us that God's word is eternal and unchanging.

Dan, Sandwich

there are also of course quite a few anti-gay rights messages

http://www.boston.com/news/messageboards/2003/gay_marriage/msg1.shtml