The bible is not the book of god, and I would therefore happily burn it knowing that I wasn't disrespecting anything other than a bunch of publishers making money off of religion.
The mere fact that during certain times religion was such a figure of power leads me to beleive that the bible was manipulated to make people beleive whatever the kings and queens of the time wanted them to. Because people feared God. But we have since learned that in the Christian faith, God is not a figure to fear. Jesus himself teaches forgiveness to readers of the bible, of a prostitute, who wept at Jesus's feet begging forgiveness. But in the bible, it marks prostitution as an act of unforgiveable sin. Also, at the time the bible was compiled, Gays were seen in society with ignorance, but times have changed.
I think the main thing is, that Gays are not Gay because thats what gives them sinful pleasure, its because they see males as the object of their desires.
Gay men and women love other Gay people of their same sex. And its LOVE that the bible teaches, that and forgiveness. Whatever makes the world a better place. So ask yourself this, do you really beleive that banning gays from the same rights as hetrosexuals, and treating them as sinners will make the world a better place? Personally I don't think so, I think it will just mean that there will be one more thing to hate and despise.
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