Ever Need an “All-in-One” Solution to Argue for Gay Marriage?

Posted by Brent Peterson on Dec 28, 2011 in The Hyperbolist | 8 comments

Damning an entire population to Hell, or eating bacon? Such a difficult decision...

First off, hello again Unicorn Booty herd (blessing, if you prefer the technical term)! I dunno if anyone noticed, but I’ve been kind of MIA for the past few weeks. However, I’m back and I’m ready to start once again infusing your lives with LGBT news and general awesomeness.

Speaking of awesomeness, check this out. It’s titled “THE Gay Marriage Argument,” and I have to say that it’s a pretty accurate title. This blog post from Verbose Vomit brings up pretty much every argument that’s existed against gay marriage, and picks them apart into nothing.

Here are some of my favorite excerpts!

First off human beings do a lot of stuff that’s not natural. Eating Velveeta’s chemical cheese isn’t natural, driving cars isn’t natural, neither is typing on a computer. But we do it. Being “natural” has little to do with being moral, as implied.

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Leviticus forbids round haircuts (19:27), touching pig skin or eating pork (11:8), fortune telling (19:31) the punishment for which is exile (20:6), tattoos (19:28), wearing polyester or any fabric blends (19:19), and eating Shellfish (11:10).

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Lets start at something basic. “Jesus”, “God”, Lord, Savior, Heavenly Father, or any other Biblical reference for that matter is not mentioned in the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution. If the Founders intended for America to be a Christian nation, this is a fuckup of gigangtic proportions. How can you not mention a clear nod towards the Christian religions in Declaration or the Constitution by accident!?

I’ve always been kind of fascinated with how people can pick and choose stuff from that Leviticus and sell it off as law. It’s like, if you wanna quote that passage, you better be ready to give up bacon forever, and who would really be willing to do such a thing (really, bacon rocks).

Isn’t being right fun?

Which counter-argument is your guys’ favorite?

(via Verbose Vomit)

http://www.facebook.com/people/Virgo-Elizabeth-LaVierge/1181809716 Virgo Elizabeth LaVierge

That was…p’wnage.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Mikal-Andersen/1086315380 Mikal Andersen

well, leviticus is in the old testament, so technically you are now allowed to eat bacon, unless you are jewish and follow the kosher laws, It does say not to be gay in the old testament, but it also says it in the new testament. so that bible argument is technically not valid. sorry.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_PGY563HPOZLZYTPGPJ5JD5BT7U M B

except that it doesn’t reeeally say being gay is wrong in the New Testament either….
Read your Bible (in Greek, not translated/interpreted by other people. If you don’t read Greek, use a lexicon and look up the words translated as “homosexual” in some modern English translations. Don’t worry, it won’t take long, those words are only used on two separate occasions in the New Testament).
The idea of homosexuality did not exist back then–that people naturally and normally can be attracted to the same gender rather than to the opposite gender. So, every time it says “homosexual” in the New Testament, that is the translator’s interpretation of what the word means. Those words are ambiguous terms that are difficult to interpret and definitely do not mean “homosexual” as we understand the term today. A solid case can not be made against homosexuality from them.
All that’s left is the passage in Romans 1, then, and if you really take a look at that chapter and the beginning of chapter 2, you see that Paul is not writing a treatise on sexual morality and homosexuality, he’s relating a bit of history and then telling people to stop judging others for things that they are doing themselves–we’re all the same, we’re not better than anyone else.

I only skimmed over the linked article, but it looked like they neglected to discuss the New Testament, as you seem to have noticed (maybe I missed it). There really are compelling arguments that the Bible doesn’t condemn homosexuality at all in either the Old or New Testaments. Check them out sometime, they might surprise you. I would start by googling “A Letter to Louise.”

I’ve been getting myself into too many of these discussion lately, so I won’t go into this any further. I’ll just say: do some research, see the other other side of the argument.

Anonymous

That’s for being educated on the manner. You filled me in on some information I wasn’t aware of as well, so I appreciate that too. I was about to post something saying this whole argument was based upon the old testament.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000222125527 Matthew Blake Butler-Lundy

Get A Clue Mikal. As all will tell you, the New Testament is just a Continuation of the Old Testament. If the Old Testament is not to be followed, contrary to what Religious Leaders say, then why is it still published? I guess it comes down to how you want to view the Words. All Religious people view the Bible in their own way.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Chreiya-Sonia-Zaari/100001967165977 Chreiya Sonia Zaari

Except the bible is a fictional book, so it doesn’t matter.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1494565592 Michael Jarboe

Thanks MB, you saved me a reply. There’s also been in the past few weeks a definitive interpretation of Romans that has plagued religious scholars for centuries that in fact PROVES it is not a condemnation of same sex practices.

Is there a single person in America that would let some rural Afghani goat herder dictate how they should live their life? Yet the modern goat herder is to the writers of the Old (and new) Testament what a Rhodes scholar is to a 3 year old. A thousand years after being jumbled together the bibles followers were killing people for suggesting the earth was round. I wouldn’t use last years instruction manual to program my new tv, so why are we trying to make people live their lives by a bunch of stories used by people to explain the unexplainable 2000 years ago?
Heather Glass

<– jew. does not eat bacon. loves gays. :P

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