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why do you need the 'government' to tell you who you love, or recognize that???
the FACT is a contract is a LEGAL contract..and if you LEGALLY CONTRACT that another person has RIGHTS OVER YOU (ie power of attorney), then that is a legal BINDING contract
the problem is yall want to have the so-called BENEFITS (ie GREED) of marriage
why should you and your 'partner' get a tax break just because you are together....are you not still two INDIVIDUALS?????? or has the partner DOMINATED you that you two are now THOUGHT of as one entity?????
eliminate all marrigaes and unions...problem solved
IF it's greedy to want to be married, than why don't y'all give up that right. I hear a lot of wussy talk from people like you who arewn't willing to give up a right. DO IT or you're a hypocrite.
Which only shows that conservative publishers like to hold to tradition to keep Bible sales flowing. Doesn't prove their translations are accurate. There are plenty of differences between translations.
There are no more than 7 out of 37,000+ verses. And all of them relate to prostitution or pederasty.
Shakab is always used in the Bible when discussing sex, to refer to some situation involving non-consensual or deceptive sexual action. For example Gen 19:32 is talking about Lot's daughters getting him drunk and raping him, so they can have his babies.
Hebrew has numerous words that can mean sex and they have different meanings depending on use and context.
The English makes no distinction between the different Hebrew words.
On another point - if Leviticus prohibits every type of same-sex activity, why does it add the clause "as with a woman"? (in Hebrew, it literally means in beds of a woman).
Why doesn't it just say "thou shalt not have consensual sex with a man"?
A literal reading of that verse doesn't say a man can't sleep with a man, it merely says he can't do it in a woman's bed.
When we look at the full Hebrew, including the 2 different words meaning to lie, it literally means "A man shall not force or deceive another man to have sex, in beds of a woman. It is taboo."
And considering that verse is in the middle of 2 chapters devoted exclusively to pagan practices, including sacrificing to Molech and worshipping Caananite fertility goddesses, it's clearly referring to pagan sex rituals. Especially when we compare it to Deuteronomy, which reiterates most of Leviticus, and in Deut 23:17, warns the Israelites against becoming prostitutes.
If you think anything in Levticus is relevant to 21st Century Western society, you really need your head examined.
enough with the stupid religion garbage
the fact is homosexual is a GENETIC deformity...a neurological disability......
its not about religion....its about greed...the gay's want a FREE RIDE on the BENEFIT TRAIN
Uh, because you can't be "single" and "married", in the eyes of the law, at the same time? Whether gay or straight, you still have to be legally married to have access to these rights, protections and benefits.
Single gays wouldn't get these benefits and protections, either, just the same as single straights don't. Where is the inequality?
evolution is a theory...just like any other religion
Another uneducated individual who doesn't know the meaning of a scientific theory.
A theory in science is not a hypothesis. Gravity is also just a theory, as are atoms, germs, plate tectonics, relativity, etc. etc.
There really is not point in discussing anything with you since if you're so poorly educated as to believe being gay is a defect, and evolution is a belief like religion, you obviously are not equipped for intelligent discussion.
Another uneducated individual who doesn't know the meaning of a scientific theory.
A theory in science is not a hypothesis. Gravity is also just a theory, as are atoms, germs, plate tectonics, relativity, etc. etc.
There really is not point in discussing anything with you since if you're so poorly educated as to believe being gay is a defect, and evolution is a belief like religion, you obviously are not equipped for intelligent discussion.
thanks for giving a BOOK ANSWER
the FACT remains that EVOLUTION HAS YET TO BE PROVED, or even close to being proved
FACT is that to prove it you would have to find the SOCIETIES of CIVILIZATIONS thoughout the MUTATION (evolution) procress of the millions of years....this has NOT happened..all they have found are a few FREAKS of nature.......is that your proof???
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Another uneducated individual who doesn't know the meaning of a scientific theory.
