Gay adoption is good for children

[9-10ths_Penguin]

Except in 1st Thessalonians 4:2-4 "For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication, that every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour"

Your interpretation depends greatly on your definition of "fornication". What definition do you use, and why?

 

[Smoke]

Except in 1st Thessalonians 4:2-4 "For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication, that every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour"

Then those who forbid the lesbians to marry are, no doubt, guilty of causing them to stumble.

 

[Autodidact]

Except in 1st Thessalonians 4:2-4 "For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication, that every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour"

Are you defining "fornication" to mean "lesbianism"?!? How odd. Why would you equate them?

 

[Aenea]

Are you defining "fornication" to mean "lesbianism"?!? How odd. Why would you equate them?

Utah Code

76-7-104. Fornication.

(1) Any unmarried person who shall voluntarily engage in sexual intercourse with another is guilty of fornication.

(2) Fornication is a class B misdemeanor.

 

[Aenea]

Then those who forbid the lesbians to marry are, no doubt, guilty of causing them to stumble.

We should encourage lesbians to marry, because Paul wrote in 1st Corinthians 7:9 "But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn."

 

[Autodidact]

Utah Code

76-7-104. Fornication.

(1) Any unmarried person who shall voluntarily engage in sexual intercourse with another is guilty of fornication.

(2) Fornication is a class B misdemeanor.

O.K., so that obviously has nothing to do with lesbianism. btw, any special reason you chose the Utah criminal code to define a biblical term?

 

[McBell]

Webster's 1828 Dictionary:

Fornication
FORNICA'TION, n. [L. fornicatio.]

1. The incontinence or lewdness of unmarried persons, male or female; also, the criminal conversation of a married man with an unmarried woman.

2. Adultery. Mat 5.

3. Incest. 1 Cor 5.

4. Idolatry; a forsaking of the true God, and worshipping of idols. 2 Chr 21. Rev 19.​

 

[Aenea]

O.K., so that obviously has nothing to do with lesbianism. btw, any special reason you chose the Utah criminal code to define a biblical term?

I'm a Rachel Maddow fan (Air America), and I wish to emulute her concise style of delivery. In one post, I gave you my defintion of fornication, and also revealed that it is against the law in Utah.

 

[McBell]

A STATE-BY-STATE LOOK AT CONSENSUAL CRIME

 

[Autodidact]

I'm a Rachel Maddow fan (Air America), and I wish to emulute her concise style of delivery. In one post, I gave you my defintion of fornication, and also revealed that it is against the law in Utah.

Me too--Rachel Maddow, that is. How do you feel about Randi Rhodes?

 

[Aenea]

Me too--Rachel Maddow, that is. How do you feel about Randi Rhodes?

I prefer the wry humor of Dr. Maddow to the pure sarcasm of Randi Rhodes, and Maddow is much more informative. Sometimes Randi goes off into conspiracy land, and I don't always want to go there.

 

[fantome profane]

A STATE-BY-STATE LOOK AT CONSENSUAL CRIME

OMG! You can’t even shake hands in Virginia!

 

[McBell]

OMG! You can’t even shake hands in Virginia!

In 14 states it is illegal for married couples to engage in oral sex.
In 21 states gay oral sex is illegal
In 16 states it is illegal for married couples to have anal sex.
In 22 states gay anal sex is illegal.
In 27 states adultery is illegal.
In 10 states fornication is illegal.
In 10 states cohabitation is illegal.
in 29 states pornography is illegal.

What is rather interesting is that in Utah, the only things on the above list that are NOT illegal are cohabitation and pornography.


In 1 state the age of consent is 19.
in 12 state the age of consent is 18.
In 5 states the age of consent is 17.
in 24 states the age of consent is 16.
in 2 states the age of consent is 15.
in 4 states the age of consent is 14.
in 1 state the age of consent is 13.

 

[Aenea]

In 21 states gay oral sex is illegal

Such laws may be on the books, but Lawrence v. Texas (2003) invalidates sodomy laws throughout the US.

 

[fantome profane]

In 14 states it is illegal for married couples to engage in oral sex.
In 21 states gay oral sex is illegal
In 16 states it is illegal for married couples to have anal sex.
In 22 states gay anal sex is illegal.
In 27 states adultery is illegal.
In 10 states fornication is illegal.
In 10 states cohabitation is illegal.
in 29 states pornography is illegal.

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“The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation.”
- Pierre Elliott Trudeau