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< li > Homosexuality is not natural, much like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning are not natural.< / li >
< li > Heterosexual marriages are valid because they produce children. Infertile couples and old people cannot get legally married because the world needs more children.< / li >
< li > Obviously gay parents will raise gay children because straight parents only raise straight children.< / li >
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< li > Straight marriage will be less meaningful, Just as Britney Spears’ s 55-hour marriage romp was meaningful. < / li >
< li > Heterosexual marriage has been around for a long time, and it hasn’ t changed at all: women are property, Blacks can’ t marry Whites, and divorce is illegal. < / li >
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< li > Gay marriage should be decided by the people, not the courts, because the majority-elected legislatures, not courts, have historically protected the rights of minorities.< / li >
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< li > Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are always imposed on the entire country. That’ s why we only have one religion in America.< / li >
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< li > Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people makes you tall. < / li >
< li > Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage license. < / li >
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< li > Children can never succeed without both male and female role models at home. That’ s why single parents are forbidden to raise children. < / li >
< li > Gay marriage will change the foundation of society. Heterosexual marriage has been around for a long time and we could never adapt to new social norms because we haven’ t adapted to cars or longer lifespans or increased racial and gender equality. < / li >
< li > Civil unions, providing most of the same benefits as marriage with a different name are better, because a “ separate but equal” institution is always constitutional. Separate schools for African-Americans worked just as well as separate marriages will for gays & lesbians.< / li >
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< details text = "Open Letter to Dr. Laura." > < summary > Open Letter to Dr. Laura.< / summary >
(Mirrored from < a href = "http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~susan/joke/laura.htm" > http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~susan/joke/laura.htm< / a >
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< i > For those of you that are not following the recent controversy
that has to do with Laura Schlessinger: she is a radio personality who
dispenses advice to people who call in to her radio show. Paramount
Television Group is currently producing a "Dr. Laura"
television show. Recently she has become a convert to Judaism, and now
she is Ba'al T'shuvah. Recently, she has made some statements about
homosexuals that has caused the Canadian anti-hate laws to censure
her... The following is an open letter to Dr. Laura which was posted on
the internet... < / i > < / blockquote >
< h1 > an open letter to Dr. Laura< / h1 >
< h2 > J. Kent Ashcraft< / h2 >
< h3 > May 2000< / h3 >
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 I 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 him that
< a href = "#L18.22" > Leviticus 18:22< / a > clearly states it to be an
abomination. End of debate.
I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some of the specific
laws and how to best follow them.
a) When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a
pleasing odor for the Lord (< a href = "#L1.9" > Lev 1:9< / a > ). The problem is
my neighbors. They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite
them?
b) I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in
< a href = "#E21.7" > Exodus 21:7< / a > . In this day and age, what do you think
would be a fair price for her?
c) I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her
period of menstrual uncleanliness (< a href = "#L15.19-24" > Lev 15:19-24< / a > ).
The problem is, how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take
offense.
d) < a href = "#L25.44" > Lev. 25:44< / a > 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?
e) I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath.
< a href = "#E35.2" > Exodus 35:2< / a > clearly states he should be put to
death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself?
f) A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an
Abomination (< a href = "#L11.10" > Lev 11:10< / a > ), it is a lesser abomination
than homosexuality. I don't agree. Can you settle this?
g) < a href = "#L21.20" > Lev 21:20< / a > 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 there some wiggle
room here?
h) Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair
around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by
< a href = "#L19.27" > Lev 19:27< / a > . How should they die?
i) I know from < a href = "#L11.6-8" > Lev 11:6-8< / a > that touching the skin
of a dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear
gloves?
j) My uncle has a farm. He violates < a href = "#L19.19" > Lev 19:19< / a > 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? (< a href = "#L24.10-16" > Lev 24:10-16< / a > ) Couldn't we just burn them
to death at a private family affair like we do with people who sleep with
their in-laws? (< a href = "#L20.14" > Lev. 20:14< / a > )
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.
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< p > < i > These are the Biblical verses refered to above, in two different
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translations: the King James Version [KJV], and New International Version
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[NIV]< / i > < / p >
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< font size = "-1" > < a name = "L18.22" > < / a > Lev 18:22 [KJV] Thou shalt not
lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. [NIV] Do not lie
with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable.< / font >
< font size = "-1" > < a name = "L1.9" > < / a > Lev 1:9 [KJV] But his inwards and
his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the
altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet
savour unto the L< font size = "-1" > ORD< / font > . [NIV] He is to wash the
inner parts and the legs with water, and the priest is to burn all of it
on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, an aroma
pleasing to the L< font size = "-1" > ORD< / font > . < / font >
< font size = "-1" > < a name = "E21.7" > < / a > Exodus 21:7 [KJV] And if a man
sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the
menservants do. [NIV] If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is
not to go free as menservants do.< / font >
< font size = "-1" > < a name = "L15.19-24" > < / a > Lev 15:19-24 [KJV] And if a
woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be
put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until
the even. < font size = "-1" > 20< / font > And every thing that she lieth upon
in her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth
upon shall be unclean. < font size = "-1" > 21< / font > And whosoever toucheth
her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be
unclean until the even. < font size = "-1" > 22< / font > And whosoever
toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe
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himself in water, and be unclean until the even. < font size = "-1" > 23< / font >
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And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he
toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even. < font size = "-1" > 24< / font >
And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he
shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be
unclean.
< br / > [NIV] When a woman has her regular flow of blood, the impurity of
her monthly period will last seven days, and anyone who touches her will
be unclean till evening. < font size = "-1" > 20< / font > Anything she lies on
during her period will be unclean, and anything she sits on will be
unclean. < font size = "-1" > 21< / font > Whoever touches her bed must wash
his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean till evening.
< font size = "-1" > 22< / font > Whoever touches anything she sits on must
wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean till
evening. < font size = "-1" > 23< / font > Whether it is the bed or anything
she was sitting on, when anyone touches it, he will be unclean till
evening. < font size = "-1" > 24< / font > If a man lies with her and her
monthly flow touches him, he will be unclean for seven days; any bed he
lies on will be unclean.< / font >
< font size = "-1" > < a name = "L25.44" > < / a > Lev 25:44 [KJV] Both thy
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bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the
heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and
bondmaids. [NIV] Your male and female slaves are to come from the
nations around you; from them you may buy slaves.< / font >
< font size = "-1" > < a name = "E35.2" > < / a > Exodus 35:2 [KJV] Six days shall
work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day,
a sabbath of rest to the L< font size = "-1" > ORD< / font > : whosoever doeth
work therein shall be put to death. [NIV] For six days, work is to be
done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of rest to
the L< font size = "-1" > ORD< / font > . Whoever does any work on it must be
put to death.< / font >
< font size = "-1" > < a name = "L11.10" > < / a > Lev 11:10 [KJV] And all that
have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that
move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they
shall be an abomination unto you [NIV] But all creatures in the seas or
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streams that do not have fins and scales --- whether among all the
swarming things or among all the other living creatures in the water ---
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you are to detest.< / font >
< font size = "-1" > < a name = "L21.20" > < / a > Lev 21:20 [KJV] Or crookbackt,
or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed,
or hath his stones broken [NIV] or who is hunchbacked or dwarfed, or who
has any eye defect, or who has festering or running sores or damaged
testicles.< / font >
< font size = "-1" > < a name = "L19.27" > < / a > Lev 19:27 [KJV] Ye shall not
round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of
thy beard. [NIV] Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip
off the edges of your beard.< / font >
< font size = "-1" > < a name = "L11.6-8" > < / a > Lev 11:6-8 [KJV] And the hare,
because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean
unto you. < font size = "-1" > 7< / font > And the swine, though he divide the
hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to
you. < font size = "-1" > 8< / font > Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and
their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.
< br / > [NIV] The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a split
hoof; it is unclean for you. < font size = "-1" > 7< / font > And the pig,
though it has a split hoof completely divied, does not chew the cud; it
is unclean for you. < font size = "-1" > 8< / font > You must not eat their
meat or touch their carcases; they are unclean for you.< / font >
< font size = "-1" > < a name = "L19.19" > < / a > Lev 19:19 [KJV] Ye shall keep
my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind:
thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment
mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee. [NIV] Keep my decrees. Do
not mate different kinds of animals. Do not plant your field with two
kinds of seed. Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material.< / font >
< font size = "-1" > < a name = "L24.10-16" > < / a > Lev 24:10-16 [KJV] And the
son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out
among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and
a man of Israel strove together in the camp; < font size = "-1" > 11< / font >
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And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the Lord, and
cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name was
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Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:) < font size = "-1" > 12< / font >
And they put him in ward, that the mind of the L< font size = "-1" > ORD< / font >
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might be shewed them. < font size = "-1" > 13< / font > And the L< font size = "-1" > ORD< / font >
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spake unto Moses, saying, < font size = "-1" > 14< / font > Bring forth him
that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their
hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.
< font size = "-1" > 15< / font > And thou shalt speak unto the children of
Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.
< font size = "-1" > 16< / font > And he that blasphemeth the name of the L< font size = "-1" > ORD< / font > ,
he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall
certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the
land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death.
< br / > [NIV] Now the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father
went out among the Israelites, and a fight broke out in the camp between
him and an Israelite. < font size = "-1" > 11< / font > The son of the
Israelite woman blasphemed the name of the L< font size = "-1" > ORD< / font >
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with a curse; so they brough him to Moses. (His mother's name was
Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri the Danite.) < font size = "-1" > 12< / font >
They put him in custody until the will of the L< font size = "-1" > ORD< / font >
should be made clear to them. < font size = "-1" > 13< / font > Then the L< font size = "-1" > ORD< / font >
said to Moses: < font size = "-1" > 14< / font > Take the blasphemer outside
the camp. All those who heard him are to lay their hands on his head,
and the entire assembly is to stone him. < font size = "-1" > 15< / font > Say
to the Israelites: If anyone curses his God, he will be held
responsible; < font size = "-1" > 16< / font > anyone who blasphemes the name
of the L< font size = "-1" > ORD< / font > must be put to death. The entire
assembly must stone him. Whether an alien or native-born, when he
blasphemes the Name, he must be put to death.< / font >
< font size = "-1" > < a name = "L20.14" > < / a > Lev 20:14 [KJV] And if a man
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take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with
fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you. [NIV] If
a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is wicked. Both he and
they must be burned in the fire, so that no wickedness will be among
you.< / font > < / blockquote >
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< h4 > Establishing the author< / h4 >
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< font size = "-1" > < i > I got the letter off the Net, but without an
attribution. < tt > < a href = "http://www.skyhero.com/_disc6/00000857.htm" > Some
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Web versions< / a > < / tt > have the sig "Carole M. Cusack, Lecturer,
School of Studies in Religion, University of Sydney" attached, but
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do not make it clear if this refers to the original author, or to the
poster. So I requested clarification in an earlier version of this page.< / i > < / font >
< font size = "-1" > < i > Someone emailed me in September 2000, saying that
the UK Guardian newspaper of 16 Sept 2000 had an article claiming the
author was Steve Turner. < / i > < / font >
< font size = "-1" > < i > Someone else emailed me on 1 April 2001 [really!]
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saying "In the May 2001 edition of Playboy, they have a letter from
a reader on page 62 in which a 'Kent Ashcraft' states that he originally
wrote the letter." < / i > < / font >
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< font size = "-1" > < i > Then in July 2001 Kent Ashcraft emailed me,
saying he is indeed the author (except of the last three questions,
which are additions to his original).< / i > < / font > < / blockquote >
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