Smackdown LTTE in 3/26 Tennessean re: Biblical ban of same sex marriage

[HamstersFromHell]

The author advocates if we use biblical verse as basis for banning same sex marriage, then all other biblical verses in regards to marriage should apply, so any alleged "Sancity of Marriage" amendment should also include:

<snip>

Marriage shall consist of a union between one man and one or more women. (Gen 29:17-28; II Samuel 3:2-5).

Marriage shall be considered valid only if the wife is a virgin. If the wife is not a virgin, she shall be executed (Deut. 22:13-21)

Marriage shall not impede a man's right to take concubines in addition to his wife or wives. (II Sam 5:13; I Kings 11:3)

<snip>

In lieu of marriage, if there are no acceptable men in your town, it is required that you get your father drunk and have sex with him (Gen 19:31-36).

<snip>

Full letter at : http://www.tennessean.com/opinion/letters/archives/05/03/67416646.shtml?Element_ID=67416646
(scroll down a bit)

[Bluebear]

1. Nominated, GREAT LTTE!

[Lindacooks]

2. You got it!!

Funny how the right wing nuts 'cherry pick' what they want to see in the Bible.

[FreedomAngel82]

12. I love the article

And it's very right. And ewww I wouldn't want to have sex with my father. EW EW EW! Gross. Reminds me the story of Lot. Ew. I'll have to go and retake a shower now....

[jdj]

3. Shhhhhhhhh!!!!

there are people around who would have no problem with any of this...

[clydefrand]

4. Can't you just see all the RW female fundies approving of

all these other women sharing their husbands? I believe there are a number of the RW males who believe all of the above.

[Orangepeel]

11. although most of 'em are lucky to get one woman, let alone a couple

;-)

[RoyGBiv]

5. Ahh, yes, thanks ...

I've been struggling with what to bring to the annual "Piss off the Relatives Day" tomorrow. I think this shall be it.

[FM Arouet666]

6. Great post

Incest, murder, adultery and holy matrimony.

Got to love the bible. :evilgrin:

[Clark2008]

14. It's a good read, really.

I'm a Christian, but, for sheer entertainment, you can't beat the Bible.
It's got sex, murder, jealously, floggings, recipies, maps, song lyrics and commentary. I believe it was the Internet of the B.C. crowd. ;)

[Spazito]

7. Slamdunk! I love it when someone quotes the bible

back to the 'cherry-picking' Christians. Thanks for posting this, I have a big smile on my face!

[Deja Q]

8. Check this thread too:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x2922920

And a good response is http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x2922920#2923032#2923032

[Dark]

9. Read the letter right under it. Stupidity in it's purest form. LOL

What they need instead is to do what Americans did over 200 years ago. Throw out the tyrants who oppress them and institute a democratic system of government with a capitalistic economic structure.

Sadly, they didn't take the bull by the horns and do it largely without outside help like we did, but then again our tyrant was 3,000 miles away and not armed with weapons of mass destruction.

YOU didn't do anything. Our founding fathers did.

And have you ever heard of the FRENCH? WE WON BECAUSE OF THEM!

This is why I think we should have some sort of political literacy test. People should know WHAT THE FUCK is going on, and what happened.

[HamstersFromHell]

10. Unfortunately, we have our uneducated idiots here as well.

At least we get roughly a 50-50 balance of LTTE printed, and more often than not, the sheer stupidity expressed is a better laugh then the comics section. :)

And yes, if you read it on a regular basis, the name names often appear under the majority of the truly nutcase letters.

[FreedomAngel82]

13. You're right

On this debate board I used to go on a lot of people were republicans and said to boycott France etc and I said "If you want to boycott France you might want to give back the Statue of Liberty while you're at it." I don't think anybody ever replied. :silly:

[HamstersFromHell]

18. You ought to know by now you can't tell 'em facts!

It does funny things to their heads. :)

[cynatnite]

15. Classic!

I loved this one, too!

"Ms. Dowd no doubt will enjoy something Ashley Montagu, an anthropologist, wrote some years ago, The Natural Superiority of Women. In that book, Professor Montagu defined a man as ''a woman who didn't make it.''


Proud to be in TN!

[Clark2008]

16. Tennessean here! And I emailed ole Paul Nelson to make

sure his "good" feedback was equal to his "bad" feedback.

Thanks for posting! I loved it!

:hi: from Knoxville.

[HamstersFromHell]

19. You're a brave person, being a blue in the blood red part of TN

Between the republican "religion" and UT football zealots, it's enough to make you crazy! :)

[karlrschneider]

17. He included his email addy...sent him a nice thank you note...

:D

[Catherine Vincent]

20. ~~~

:-)

[rocktop15]

21. yea!! Makes me proud to be a Tennessean!!

I am smiling in Chattanooga!