Sunday, July 16, 2006

Levitical Sex.

David Plotz continues his review of Leviticus at Slate.com and is taking on a lot of the weirdness, including masturbation and gay sex. Here's what he says gay rights advocates should use in arguing against those on the right who fixate on this one issue:
So, how should Bible-loving gay-rights supporters rebut Leviticus 18:22? A stronger argument, perhaps, is to point out all the other things the Bible is equally clear about: The death penalty for gay sex, yes--but also the death penalty for cursing your parents, the death penalty for violating Sabbath, exile for sex with a menstruating woman, etc. ... Turn the Bible-quoting back on the social conservatives: Why do they fixate on the abhorrent gay sex and not the abhorrent menstrual sex, or parent cursing, or Sabbath-violating?
Amen! Read his entire take on Leviticus 13 - 20.

3 comments:

MadPriest said...
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MadPriest said...

The Church will never condemn masturbation as morally wrong as too many of its important people are complete w*nkers.

I apologise if that does not translate into American English.

Anonymous said...

It translates perfectly.