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Review By: Thomas McEntire
By: Lisa Miller
The article from start to finish tries to undermine the holiness of the union between a man and woman.
Miller quotes many religious figures who are obviously pushing their personal agendas rather than quoting scripture.
She even goes as far as saying that the Apostle Paul teaches marriage is only a last resort only for those who are unable
to control their animal lust and uses that to envelop how the Bible views marriage. Miller has twisted Gods word to prove
her point of view. What I fear is that Christians will read her rhetoric and believe it because they don't have
a firm grasp of scripture. I am not an expert by any means but I can see through this pitiful attempt at promoting gay marriage
through the distortion of Biblical teachings. If someone is interested or has the time to tear this article apart and e-mail
it to me I will gladly post it. I went to the Newsweek website to post on the articles blog and comment on this article and
was not alone below are some other comments on the article. Me: FreedomDying
Here lets see how we can twist these versus? I will pray for Lisa Miller and those who throw out the
value and meaning of scripture. Leviticus 18-22 You shall not lie with mankind as you lie with womankind; it is an abomination.
Leviticus 20-13 If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be
put to death; their blood is upon them. Romans 1-26,27 For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their
women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with
women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the
due penalty of their error. Corinthians 6-9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not
be deceived; neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality will inherit
the kingdom of God. Timothy 1-10 the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, Deuteronomy 23-17 There
shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel nor a sodamite of the sons of Israel. I do however agree with Lisa Miller that
if Jesus were here today he would not turn these homosexuals away but would accept them. And like so many times in the Bible
these evil men and women like Saul before he was Paul would be awakened and see their evil ways and would change to follow
Christ. We should all hope for this, to finally put an end to this perversion that has spread across our nation like a plague.
For a real article check out this one "Proposition 8". By: FreedomDying You are missing the serious issue. Its taking a holy sanctified religious union between a man and woman and making
it mean nothing other than a bond between anyone whom loves one another. Heck bestiality is in the Bible why not let a man
and his dog who love each other get married? After all who are we to get in the way of love? Wake up and don't be a puppet
to those who try to stomp out Christianity! I don't care if you're Gay and you already have rights with civil unions
so why attack a Christian fundamental? You can still be Gay and still go to Church and we will accept you. But please, trying
to make a mockery out of scripture for your own self centered agenda, I think you need a wake up call. This is your problem,
stop making it ours. Politico reached out to conservative Christians, including Richard Land, who heads the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Liberty Commission. "It doesn't surprise me," he told Politico, "Newsweek has
been so far in the tank on the homosexual issue for so long, they need scuba gear and breathing apparatus. I don't think
[the piece] is going to change the minds of anyone who takes biblical teachings seriously."" Ralph
Reed, the former executive director of the Christian Coalition. "I see it as an attempt
to caricature and reduce to a cartoon the social conservative belief in the efficacy of a traditional marriage, and try to
reduce it to some formulaic, scriptural literalism," he said. "There's
more of a practical, sociological foundation for why we seek to affirm marriage as an institution than I think is generally
understood by those who want to legalize same-sex marriage." Tim Graham, the Director of Media
Analysis at the Media Research Center, accuses NEWSWEEK of saying, essentially: "Religious conservatives are troglodytes on the wrong side of history."
Mollie
Hemingway on getreligion.org (which, it's worth noting, has this tag line: "the media... just doesn't get religion"). In her lengthy piece , Hemingway argues that NEWSWEEK'S biblical analysis is off-base. "If you are going
to pretend that opposition to same-sex marriage is based Sola Scriptura, could we at least get our Scripture right?" she asks before introducing herself into
the piece: Now,as
a member of a contemporary marriage, albeit one that isn’t so foolish as to think marriage is about gender equality
or romantic love,I can honestly say that the Bible has been the only guide that has helped my husband and myself. We turn
to it constantly to be reminded that the husband is to sacrifice for the wife and the wife is to respect the husband (these
things don’t come naturally to either my husband or myself). on the National Review's blog, Mark Hemingway says that Miller "can't even get through the first paragraph of
her story without evincing an understanding of Christianity and its basic texts that is grossly oversimplified and distorted,
filtered through an almost exclusively liberal political lens." Albert
Mohler, the ninth president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, argues in a lengthy response for the reproductive reasoning behind marriage: "At the center of this extended family
stands the institution of marriage as the most basic human model of covenantal love and commitment, " he writes.
"And this notion of marriage, deeply rooted in its procreative purpose, is unambiguously
heterosexual
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