Stop Twisting the Bible

Without weighing in either way on gay marriage, I'd like to point out that CNN.com's top story today was about how the President was going to lobby for a Constitutional Ammendment banning gay marriage.

CNN.com then posted this photo along with the link to the story:



Being curious about this, I was curious what the Bible really said. After all, Jesus was never one to speak in equation format.

Here's what I got from www.biblegateway.com which supposedly has an online searchable King James Bible. From what I can tell, he's not talking about gays anywhere here! It sounds more like Jesus is talking about divorce. Shame on CNN and the AP as well for using this sign. I'm sure we can look through the Bible and justify about anything if we take things out of context.

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Matthew 19

1And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan;

2And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.

3The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

4And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,

5And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

6Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

7They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

8He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

9And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

10His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.

11But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.

12For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
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I would like to recommend that those who use the Bible instead refer to verse 19 of the very same chapter:

19 ‘Honor your father and your mother,’[h] and, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”[i]

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