Apollonesia wrote:Ceannairceach wrote:Good thing that wouldn't happen with the legalization of gay marriage, since religion has nothing to do with marriage.
Not entirely correct;
"Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it [is] abomination." - Leviticus 18:22
Homosexuality itself is condemned in the Testaments, Same sex marriage is never mentioned. However, if gays and their desires are identified as shameful, marriage should be included.
You see, now that interpretation isn't entirely accurate is it? In both Christianity (where it doesn't apply as, for Christians, Jesus fulfilled The Law) and in Judaism this phrase isn't as clearcut as you make it out to be. 'Abomination' in those times had a different definition from what it does now, simply meaning 'unclean'.
Further to this, Leviticus 18:22 should, like with everything in the Bible be considered in context. Verses 6 to 18 in Lev 18 are basically a long list of forms of incest which are forbidden (18:12, for example, forbids incest with an aunt on the mother's side of family. The next verse forbids with an aunt on the father's side). Verses 19-22 are different, however, dealing with more general acts of sexual 'deviance', such as sex with a menstruating woman (18:19) and adultery with a neighbour's wife.
Verse 21 forbids ritual child sacrifice and actually names a Pagan God (Molech) who children had been sacrificed to. Molech's followers kept, like most pagan deities, temple prostitutes. Considering Leviticus 18:22
in context one can safely assume it refers to some kind of forbidden act that Jews must distance themselves from.