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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My honest thought on this is that it's because those people are exploiting the Bible for their own political purposes. It's not politically useful for them to not eat shellfish or have rape victims marry their rapists, so they act as though those passages don't exist.

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What political purpose? I do not think you are wrong, but can you give some examples? [/quote]

See Pence, Mike. [/quote]

PP here, but yes -- the immediate PP gave the answer I would have. These people are homophobic and are using the Bible to justify attacking gay people. [/quote]

[b]What is the attack?  If you asked Mike Pence is stealing a sin, he'd say yes.  If you asked him if gossip is a sin, he'd say yes.  If you asked him is jealously is a sin, he'd say yes.[/quote][/b]

But Mike Pence thinks that gossips and jealous people deserve equal rights under the law. But he does not think gay people do. [/quote]

He also thinks it is okay for his wife to work at a school that will not hire gay teachers but will hire people who gossip. [/quote]

I  bet you $1000 that a known gossip, or someone caught gossiping or causing drama on a continual basis, would not remain employed there.  I would also bet you that someone having an affair, with no intention of stopping, would not remain employed.  I bet they don't employ people "shacking up" either.  It's all part of morality.  To be employed there, you must live by a set of morals dictated by the Christian faith.  That's not saying every single employee has not sinned - because they have and will continue to do so.  But purposely engaging in ongoing sin without repentance isn't setting a good example for their student body.[/quote]

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