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They believed it did. I don't think the scripture about gays has anything to do with consenting adult couples, but you believe it. See how that works?
I don't care what 'they' believed, it doesn't change the fact that the scripture 'they' quoted had nothing to do with inter racial marriage, and you can't even acknowledge that fact. Why not? Why do you have to hold onto a lie? Does it make you feel more 'right'?
So who do you think scriptures concerning lust, or the scriptures concerning marriage were talking too then? The children? Non consenting people?
Look, I get that you don't agree with the Bible, or you don't even believe in it, and that's fine. But, it doesn't give you the right to change what the words in it mean. You talk about people using it and twisting it to rationalize what they want it to mean, and you're really no different, you're just on the other side of the issue. The Bible never speaks of marriage between two people of the same sex, it only speaks of marriage between a man and a woman, and it says that any sex outside of that union, a union blessed by God, is sin, it's as simple as that. That means people cheating on their spouses, that means couples living together prior to marriage, that means swingers, that means any act associated with lust.
I have nothing against gays forming a legal partnership, or even 'marrying' in a church if they can find a church that will do so. I just don't believe that it is a union that is blessed or sanctioned by God since marriage in the eyes of God is clearly defined in the Bible. And if a church 'blesses' such a union in the eyes of God, then they're not following the Bible. If two gay people truly love each other and their physical relationship is born of love and not lust, does that make a difference since the Bible speaks of lust? I really don't know the answer to that question, I only know that the Bible clearly states what marriage is, and that it clearly states that physical realationships outside of that union are sin. So if you truly believe the Bible and base your faith on that, then you can never sanction a marriage of two people of the same sex as a marriage in the eyes of God. A secular/legal/state marriage is a completely different ballgame, and I have no issue with that.
See, you interpret passages to be against gays. Others interpret passages to be against interracial marriage or desegregation. You both think you're right and others think one or both of you is wrong.
Both are using the bible to justify their own bigotry.
The Bible isn't 'against gays', it warns against sin, sex outside of marriage is a sin, marriage is only described as between male and female. It's really very simple.
There is also no 'interpretation', it's very plainly stated, read the Bible for yourself, in context. The people using passages to say inter racial marriage is against the Bible are lying. I don't have to justify anything, that's what you don't get. The Bible says what it says, either agree with it or disagree with it, you're no different than those that supposedly 'interpret' it to say what they want it to say. You're using it for your own jusitifications, pot meet kettle. I would have more respect for your point of view if you simply said that you don't agree with the Bible, at least that's being honest. Trying to tell people that the Bible says other than what it says is just lying and manipulation. so you're no different the people using it to say that inter racial marriage is wrong. It's just as bad to use it to say that something is wrong as it is to use it to say that something is right.
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