Stone Them!

Another good example of how selective proof-texting runs into inconsistency at every turn:

Gay Marriage | The Village Gate

The Bible appears to have some pretty strong prohibitions against homosexuality. For example, Leviticus 20:13 mandates the death penalty for homosexual couples. And the fundamentalists, who believe every word of the Bible is literally true, use this as a justification for opposing gay marriage. But literalizing scripture can be tricky. The same chapter (Leviticus 20:10) also mandates death for adulterers. And since Jesus said that anytime a man looks at a woman with lust in his heart he is guilty of adultery, most of us males are toast.

If we are going to take Leviticus 20:13 literally, then consistency requires us to take Deuteronomy 21:18-21 literally, which tell us that if a youth refuses to obey his parents, said youth is to be taken before the elders who will take him to the village gate (a place, not a website) and stone him to death. No doubt the juvenile division of any police department in the country could come up with a list of candidates.

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