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To: NYer

Of course some wits have suggested that if the major sin of Sodom was rampant male on male homosexuality; was the sin of Gomorrah that of Northampton, Massachusetts?


30 posted on 12/05/2012 4:25:50 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Pennies and Nickels will NO LONGER be Minted as of 1/1/13 - Tim Geithner, US Treasury Sect)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

I’ve long thought that the reason the Tanakh did not explicitly condemn lesbianism was that it would have interfered with certain practices within polygamous marriage, which was then widespread. In error, I believe. But nonetheless widespread.


46 posted on 12/07/2012 7:48:50 PM PST by onedoug
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