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They can do what they want, I personally believe they should never be allowed to marry, It's sick! Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve, nonetheless, I will not raise my fist at homosexuals, why should I? I know we are living in the last days, why should I fight them?

I have a friend whose a lesbian, I see the way people treat her because of her sexual preference. It's just plain wrong, and I don't see why other people can't understand that.

Dr. Laura Schlessinger is a US radio personality who dispenses advice to people who call in to her radio show. Recently, she said that, as an observant Orthodox Jew, 'Homosexuality is an abomination! According to Leviticus 18:22, and cannot be condoned in any circumstance'. The following is an open letter to Dr. Laura penned by a US resident, which was posted on the Internet. Dear Dr. Laura: Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law. I have learned a great deal from your show, and try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind them that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination. End of debate. I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some of the other specific laws and how to follow them. 1. When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord ? Lev. 1:9. The problem is my neighbors. They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them? 2. I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her? 3. I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanliness ? Lev. 15:19?24. The problem is, how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense. 4. Lev. 25:44 states that I may indeed possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can't I own Canadians? 5. I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself? 6. A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an abomination ? Lev. 11:10, it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don't agree. Can you settle this? 7. Lev. 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is here some wiggle room here? 8. Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev. 19:27. How should they die? 9. I know from Lev. 11:6?8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves? 10. My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev. 19:19 by planting two different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone them? ? Lev. 24:10?16. Couldn't we just burn them to death at a private family affair like we do with people who sleep with their in?laws? (Lev. 20:14) I know you have studied these things extensively, so I am confident you can help. Thank you again for reminding us that God's word is eternal and unchanging. Your devoted disciple and adoring fan. Jim

Other than not being allowed to get married, what can't they do?

Notice that the ratings list doesn't say 'in the United States.' Internationally they're one of the most discriminated groups, about as universally hated as atheists.

What discrimination? No, they are not allowed to enter into the institution of marriage but it's not as if they can't do other things people do. They are allowed to shop at any store, use any public facilities, and live together. The gay culture is over represented for the tiny part of America that it is. If you wish to see my views and reasons againist gay marriage, I invite you to view my other comments on the subject.

They make up no more than 2 or 3% of the population of the US. No OBJECTIVE study puts the number any higher than 3%, but many put it closer to 2%. Many agenda-driven studies claim the 10% range but all are conducted using faulty assumptions or methodology and have very little credibility. Around the world, the percentage is probably lower as tolerance in the US and western Europe is quite high, but in Islamic countries, as well as many other predominantly religious cultures, it (homosexual behavior) is not tolerated at all. What percentage of the world's population is Islamic, again? At any rate, discrimination against 2% of a population of around 250 million is a sizable group of people, if they all lived in one place, San Francisco, for instance (sorry, magellan) but as widely dispersed around the country as these people are, they enjoy enormous support in light of their relative proportion. Homosexuals have the same exact rights, under the US Constitution as I have, or do any other American. This is an extremely unimportant political issue to me because all I ever hear about are hearsay examples and what-if's. The gay people I know, who have jobs, and homes, and a lifestyle which is private and of which I know very little, never speak of discrimination in any context. I know their lifestyle causes them awkwardness and pain at times but discrimination? It's just not an issue for me.

A serious problem. Gay/lesbian marriage is fine by me.

I'm straight, but I got friends who are homosexuals. Don't discriminate pleazzze! Accept them for who they are. ... We must be a nation of love! Don't hate, don't discriminate!

This is a pretty big issue currently, though I don't know how the issue is viewed in other countries. I don't see a good reason to dislike someone due to sexual preference--if it doesn't affect you personally, why would the actions of two consenting adults bother you as long as they don't hurt anyone? You don't have to agree or like what they do, but as long as they're not telling others what to do, why be upset by it? Everyone does something that someone else doesn't like or isn't into, it doesn't mean you should hate them. You don't have to love thy neighbor, just leave the bastard alone.

There is so many really bad things in the world that we should be only happy when someone loves somebody, now matter what sex this person represent.

Um....right. Okay, afropath, here I go. (Takes in deap breath to prevent self from reacting violently) The Bible, in its original Greek and Hebrew, does not specifically condemn homosexuality. It condemns male temple prostitutes who engaged in ritual sex; this word, qadesh, is often mistranslated as sodomite or homosexual. There are also three possible committed homosexual relationships in the Bible, the most obviouse one being between Daniel and Ashpenaz. (Source: http://www.worldpolicy.org/globalrights/sexorient/bible-gay.html#rela) As for the phrase, Vet zachar lo tishkav mishkvei ishah tohevah hee, V'et zachar=and with a male, lo tishkav=not lie down, mishkvei=beds, beds of ishshah=woman, tohevah hee= it is an abomination. One could easily translate this as you shall not lie with a man in the bed of a woman, or dozens of other translations. Other things the Bible says are just as important: Everyone who commits adultery shall be killed, you cannot sow a field with mixed seed, if you take the Lord's name in vain, you will be killed, etc. And louiethe20th....ah, Louie, would you honestly say that a fair amount of homosexuals are on network television, considering that they make up 10% of the population in the US? 10% of everyone portrayed on television is homosexual? I don't think so.

Well lets see...You have Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,Will and Grace,Ellen Degenerate,and Queer as Folk on the TV.Ian Mckellen, an openly gay man, playing a lead role in one of the biggest motion pictures in history.There are plenty of laws out there prohibiting discrimination in the work place and applying for home loans.To me, the homosexual community has plenty of a voice.

Homosexuals shouldn't have any more rights than murderers. Back in biblical times, we executed a man who slept with another man, we didn't give them civil unions!