News to piss you off. :-D

[emmagrant01]

• School drops slavery booklet: "Southern Slavery, As It Was" is a 43-page booklet published in 1996 that attempts to provide a biblical justification for slavery. It asserts that slaves weren't treated as badly as people believe. This is exactly why I don't accept Biblical claims against homosexuality. People have historically used the Bible to justify slavery, racial segregation, and treating women as second class citizens. I don't really give a shit if the Bible says that you should treat certain people as less than fully equal; I don't think it's right. I thought Jesus had a slightly different message anyway.

• Feds Use 'Secret Laws' to Justify Harassment of Americans. Don't get me started! :-P

• U.S. Admits Torture Used to Obtain Evidence Against Terrorists. Geneva Conevention? What Geneva Convention?

• Less than seven months after same-sex couples began tying the knot in Massachusetts, the state is seeing its first gay divorces. A quote: Opponents of gay marriage said the divorces, occurring so soon after the weddings, confirm that gay couples are not equipped for marriage. "We're not surprised," said Kris Mineau, president of the Massachusetts Family Institute, which is fighting for a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. "Particularly among male homosexuals, the promiscuity is just phenomenal." *rolls eyes and gives Ms. Mineau a one-finger salute*

• Jesus is on our side here, and secular liberals should not be afraid to invoke him. Policies of pre-emptive war and the upward redistribution of wealth are inversions of the Judeo-Christian ethic, which is for the most part silent, or mysteriously cryptic, on gays and abortion. Okay, so that one wasn't intended to piss you off! ;-)

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Re: hallo...

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

It's always about people interpreting the Bible in the way that justifies their perspective, and that is what bothers me. The Bible is a book -- a book many people consider holy and sacred, but a book nonetheless. It has no meaning until people read it and create meaning in their minds, just like any other literature. It's all in the interpretation, and that's why I don't trust people's claims about the Bible's perspective on homosexuality.

Thanks for the link!