Obama: Sermon on Mount Justifies Same-Sex Unions

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Obama: Sermon on Mount Justifies Same-Sex Unions By Terence P. Jeffrey CNSNews.com Editor in Chief March 03, 2008

(CNSNews.com) - Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) told a crowd at Hocking College in Nelsonville, Ohio, Sunday that he believes the Sermon on the Mount justifies his support for legal recognition of same-sex unions. He also told the crowd that his position in favor of legalized abortion does not make him "less Christian."

"I don't think it [a same-sex union] should be called marriage, but I think that it is a legal right that they should have that is recognized by the state," said Obama. "If people find that controversial then I would just refer them to the Sermon on the Mount, which I think is, in my mind, for my faith, more central than an obscure passage in Romans." (See video here) St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans condemns homosexual acts as unnatural and sinful.

Obama's mention of the Sermon on the Mount in justifying legal recognition of same-sex unions may have been a reference to the Golden Rule: "Do to others what you would have them do to you." Or it may have been a reference to another famous line: "Do not judge, or you too will be judged."

The Sermon, recorded in the Gospel of Matthew, includes the Lord's Prayer, the Beatitudes, an endorsement of scriptural moral commandments ("anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven"), and condemnations of murder, divorce and adultery. It also includes a warning: "Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves."

[IMissPresidentReagan]

Well...according to my interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount, I deserve to be the ruler of the world..../s I’m not a religious person, but I’m pretty sure Jesus didn’t say anything about homosexual unions. I could be wrong....but I don’t think so...

[ovrtaxt]

Oh, this is rich. lol the Sermon on the Mount? you’ve got to be kidding.

[Manic_Episode]

Genesis 3:4

4 "You will not surely die," the serpent said to the woman.

[dennisw]

Obama— Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don’t

[17th Miss Regt]

I would just refer them to the Sermon on the Mount,

I found the part in the Sermon on the Mount that is applicable here. But it is the part about sheep in wolf's clothing.

[ryan71]

“He also told the crowd that his position in favor of legalized abortion does not make him “less Christian.””

That’s what happens when you read the Korible.

[chatham]

Ask Obama how does that homosexual lifestyle stack up, when measured against the huge epidemic of Sickness and death caused as a result of indiscrimate sexual and perverted sexual habits ????

[babble-on]

blessed are the sleazemakers

[Always Right]

Obama is confused. I think he is thinking about the Sermon on Breakback Mount.

[Forgiven_Sinner]

LOL! Now Barack is getting to specifics, we know where he stands:

1. He’s in favor of adultery (homosexual unions).
2. He’s in favor of murder (abortion).
3. He thinks the Sermon on the mount permits these things, in spite of its instructions not to kill and not to hate, nor to look upon a woman with lust.

[AmericaUnited]

Just more evidence of what a YOUNG, EXTREMELY NAIVE, FOOLISH, DANGEROUS KOOK Obama is.

So once again, would someone please explain to me why it would be "ok" for him to be POTUS, so that the GOP can be taught a lesson?!

[I still care]

You got it! It’s the part where you aren’t allowed to look on a woman with lust. Of course that could be a problem for lesbians...

[dmw]

And what Bible school did Barack Hussein Obama graduate from to make him such a fine theologian?

[A2J]

in my mind, for my faith,

The center of both being himself.

[Mad Dawgg]

'He also told the crowd that his position in favor of legalized abortion does not make him "less Christian."'

Well technically that would be true, being anyone who condones or is in favor of the killing of babies is not a Christian in the first place so it would be impossible to be less Christian.

[6SJ7]

Is Obama reading from the Sermon on the Mount or Brokeback Mountain?

[RoadTest]

They twist the Scriptures to their own destruction.

[ricks_place]

"Do not judge, or you too will be judged." refers to who is saved; humans cannot make that determination for it is God's providence. It is very often used to justify some ultra-liberal malevolent societal change; a phase used to stymie dissent. Of course people must make judgments everyday. It must be the most abused bible quote.

[IMissPresidentReagan]

3. He thinks the Sermon on the mount permits these things, in spite of its instructions not to kill and not to hate, nor to look upon a woman with lust.

Ahhh but the Sermon on the Mount said nothing about looking upon another man with lust did it...(Kidding)

At least he has to get points for creativity, because I've never heard anyone use the Bible as a basis to support abortion and homosexuality. He should win some sort of prize for that sort of ingenious plan, I just hope the prize isn't the presidency.