Newsweek draws fire on gay marriage: Cover story "The Religious Case for Gay Marriage"

The Politico ^ | December 8, 2008 | Alexander Burns

[2ndDivisionVet]

What will Newsweek have to mortgage to stay afloat?

[Dick Bachert]

Personally, I’d rather they sank beneath the waves of their own sleaze. The sooner the better.

[dragonblustar]

“I hardly think that Newsweek is a credible venue for theological discussion,” said Perkins. “I mean, I thought it was just full of holes.”

Yeah, A-holes.

[montag813]

“The piece speaks for itself and we welcome the debate.”

Translation: "We are desperate for any attention. Please complain about us!"

[rmlew]

I assumed the piece was parody. Then again i was on a sedative in the doctors office. As for the Barnard University Bible scholar, Alan Segal, any of the Orthodox Jewish girls there could take this crap apart in a second. (Of course, they would be horribly ostracized.)

And only a very sick mind could imagine the friendships between David and Jonathan as sexual.
". The Torah discouraged the ancient Hebrews from marrying outside the tribe, yet Moses himself is married to a foreigner, Zipporah."
Obviously Ms. Miller has not read Exodus. Tzipporah and Moses wed before Moses returned to Egypt, well before he recieve the Law. The Torah had not been given or written.

Queen Esther is married to a non-Jew and, according to legend, saves the Jewish people.
Esther married a Persian King to save the Jews. This was an emergency act.

Rabbi Arthur Waskow, of the Shalom Center in Philadelphia, believes that Judaism thrives through diversity and inclusion.
If the heretic wishes to imagine a religion, that is his perogative. But to call it Judaism, is a declaration of war. Where is a Beit Din when you need one to excommunicate him?

She should be forced to read Isaiah 5.

20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

22 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:

23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

24 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

(I am using King James, not because it is a good translation, but becaue it used to be the tranlation every American knew and could quote.)

[Cyman]

When your salvation lies in exploring depravity, you mistakenly think that stink dies of it’s own accord. Much later you are astonished to find that accomodation is not confined to the olfactory sense.

[chuckles]

I get my beliefs from the Discovery Channel and the History Channel. I just don't trust Newsweek and the New York Times religious section to get it right.

I don't even feel humorous anymore. People that have never read the Bible and worship Britney Spears have no business saying anything about religion. I gotta admit, I'm getting tired. Lord give me strength to endure the next few years.

[beezdotcom]

“Religious objections to gay marriage are rooted not in the Bible at all, then, but in custom and tradition,” Miller writes. “The Bible was written for a world so unlike our own, it’s impossible to apply its rules, at face value, to ours.”

This is the most laughable statement in the whole rebuttal. The New Testament was formed in the crucible of a world almost EXACTLY like our own in the aspects of immorality, politics, economy...the Roman Empire is a haunting mirror of our current age.

[pillut48]

“Religious objections to gay marriage are rooted not in the Bible at all, then, but in custom and tradition,” Miller writes. “The Bible was written for a world so unlike our own, it’s impossible to apply its rules, at face value, to ours.”

Somebody remind me now--just how many states have voted on the Marriage laws saying that marriage should be ONLY between one MAN and one WOMAN? D'oh!

LOL. Can we start a pool for the date that Newsweek appears before Congress with their hands outstretched for bailout bucks?? :-)

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

What a “courageous” choice. Rather than becoming a magazine people may actually want to read they've decided since they're circling the bowl, might as well smell as bad as they can going down. We'll all have to make sure we flush twice.

[pillut48]

Nah, this is a triple flusher, minimum!!
Bring on the giant sized Lysol spray, posthaste!

[highlander_UW]

History and demographics are on the side of those who favor inclusion over exclusion.”

Then they should be concerned, because all sinners are welcome to come to Christ in repentance of their sins...can't be more inclusive than that...and yet they choose to reject Christ and take the path of exclusion. I'm rather certain they haven't considered this line of thinking, however.

[Screaming_Gerbil]

...History and demographics are on the side of those who favor inclusion over exclusion...

Then they should be concerned, because all sinners are welcome to come to Christ in repentance of their sins...can't be more inclusive than that...and yet they choose to reject Christ and take the path of exclusion. I'm rather certain they haven't considered this line of thinking, however.

I guess they figure that God is pretty hip and is gonna be cool with a lot of things...

Aside from that, "History and Demographics" do not equal God's will...

[Screaming_Gerbil]

...only a very sick mind could imagine the friendships between David and Jonathan as sexual...

Or someone who was sexually abused as a child by an older boy or a father figure. And I think that could explain a lot of they way "they" look at things vs the way "we" look at things. Different life experiences.

[ponygirl]

Or someone who was sexually abused as a child by an older boy or a father figure. And I think that could explain a lot of they way "they" look at things vs the way "we" look at things. Different life experiences.

They wouldn't view that as "sexual abuse." To them and the Hollywood Left, that would be what is known as a "coming of age story."

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

“Religious objections to gay marriage are rooted not in the Bible at all, then, but in custom and tradition,” Miller writes. “The Bible was written for a world so unlike our own, it’s impossible to apply its rules, at face value, to ours.”

I suppose biology never figures into the argument at all for NewsWeak.

[ViLaLuz]

The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the power of Satan. He will use every kind of power, including miraculous signs, lying wonders, and every type of evil to deceive those who are dying, those who refused to love the truth that would save them.

For this reason, God will send them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie. Then all who have not believed the truth but have taken pleasure in unrighteousness will be condemned.

[Joe Boucher]

There is no case to be made for sick, immoral, disgusting homosexual behavior.
Send them to re-education or work camps in North Korea.
Let the perverts see for themselves what it is like in the real world.

[NeilGus]

The last act of a dying business is to do ANYTHING to get attention. Few people care about Newsweak as their sales suggest. Newsweak is just trying to get people to talk about it. Kind of free advertising.

Just ignore them and let them die in peace.

[Rutles4Ever]

This issue would be a fitting swan song for this rag.

I couldn’t get past the first paragraph without laughing.