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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 10:48 AM
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Sam Harris tells it like it is: Holy Terror
"President Bush and the Republicans in the Senate have failed — for the moment — to bring the Constitution into conformity with Judeo-Christian teachings. But even if they had passed a bill calling for a constitutional ban on gay marriage, that would have been only a beginning. Leviticus 20:13 and the New Testament book of Romans reveal that the God of the Bible doesn't merely disapprove of homosexuality; he specifically says homosexuals should be killed: "If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall be put to death."

God also instructs us to murder people who work on the Sabbath, along with adulterers and children who curse their parents. While they're at it, members of Congress might want to reconsider the 13th Amendment, because it turns out that God approves of slavery — unless a master beats his slave so severely that he loses an eye or teeth, in which case Exodus 21 tells us he must be freed.

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GoBlue Donating Member (930 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 03:57 PM
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1. Great article but its been removed from LAT.
I read it earlier today on a friends computer. When I got home and tried to access it to email it, it was no longer available.

Hit too close to the truth.
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karlrschneider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-04 04:29 PM
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2. I just now read it at 1628 CDT
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