Posted On: October 26, 2006, 1:38 pm CDT

Posted By: Tolerant Christian

I find it very interesting that self-proclaimed Christians will extrapolate select text from the Bible to support their positions of hatred and bigotry, which pretty much completely wipes out Jesus' message of peace, love and tolerance. 2 points, Bruce - first, the bible was written by MEN, not God, and therefore is subject to all the flaws and downfalls of an imperfect being (including "spin" - don't forget that Christianity in its early days was more a political decision by Constantinople backing the winning horse than anything else) and second, the stories in the bible are not factual, but rather allegories to explain "the moral of the story." So it's interesting that you'll use word-for-word quoting when it suits you.

Quoting scripture in a country that openly supports MANY religions is one way to marginalize and polarize yourself. You don't want to marry your gay partner? Then don't - but others do and there's no harm to you. If there's judgment for their actions, it comes at God's hand, not your mortal one. How dare you try to legislate your religion onto all people of this country!