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Not a Personal Choice
RECEIVED Tue., July 7, 2015
Dear Editor,
The Christian Bible has a lot to say about a great many things. Once one starts to pick and choose what to adhere to and enforce and what to ignore, they are no longer religious beliefs but personal choices and opinions.
Quick examples: Genesis 17:12-13 demands that every man child "must needs be circumcised." Leviticus 20:10 states "the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death." (This is in the same chapter that's usually quoted as justification to punish homosexuality.)
The Bible is absolutely clear about these, yet uncircumcised men and adulterers have never been denied marriage licenses no matter what the state and the county clerks profess to believe. That's exactly the way it should be regarding sexual orientation.
I strongly suspect that people like Paxton and the recalcitrant county clerks ["Texas AG Faces Ethics Complaint," News, July 3] never read the Bible. They just gobble down whatever their right-wing friends and preachers choose to spoon-feed them as the one and only truth. No thinking required. Nor studying of the Bible.
Finally, isn't it the duty of Texas county clerks to ensure that relevant laws and regulations are duly observed, not to offer personal approval or disapproval about anything?
The Christian Bible has a lot to say about a great many things. Once one starts to pick and choose what to adhere to and enforce and what to ignore, they are no longer religious beliefs but personal choices and opinions.
Quick examples: Genesis 17:12-13 demands that every man child "must needs be circumcised." Leviticus 20:10 states "the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death." (This is in the same chapter that's usually quoted as justification to punish homosexuality.)
The Bible is absolutely clear about these, yet uncircumcised men and adulterers have never been denied marriage licenses no matter what the state and the county clerks profess to believe. That's exactly the way it should be regarding sexual orientation.
I strongly suspect that people like Paxton and the recalcitrant county clerks ["Texas AG Faces Ethics Complaint," News, July 3] never read the Bible. They just gobble down whatever their right-wing friends and preachers choose to spoon-feed them as the one and only truth. No thinking required. Nor studying of the Bible.
Finally, isn't it the duty of Texas county clerks to ensure that relevant laws and regulations are duly observed, not to offer personal approval or disapproval about anything?
Ying-Da Lee
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No Affiliation
RECEIVED Tue., July 7, 2015
Dear Editor,
I read your article about the American Catholic Church and Rev. Jayme Mathias marrying two men ["Gay Marriage American Catholic Style," News, July 3]. The Reverend is no longer a priest or affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church. The American Catholic Church is not related to the Roman Catholic Church in any way, and they are not "Catholic." You are confusing the people because they are going to think that the Roman Catholic Church has approved same-sex marriage.
In the future please stop referring to them as Catholic or that the Catholic Church did so-and-so throughout the article. They should be referred to as the "American Catholic Church" did such-and-such always. Look up the differences.
There is no way the Catholic Church can approve of same-sex marriage because Jesus said clearly that a marriage is between a man and a woman. (Matthew 19:1-12)
I read your article about the American Catholic Church and Rev. Jayme Mathias marrying two men ["Gay Marriage American Catholic Style," News, July 3]. The Reverend is no longer a priest or affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church. The American Catholic Church is not related to the Roman Catholic Church in any way, and they are not "Catholic." You are confusing the people because they are going to think that the Roman Catholic Church has approved same-sex marriage.
In the future please stop referring to them as Catholic or that the Catholic Church did so-and-so throughout the article. They should be referred to as the "American Catholic Church" did such-and-such always. Look up the differences.
There is no way the Catholic Church can approve of same-sex marriage because Jesus said clearly that a marriage is between a man and a woman. (Matthew 19:1-12)
Guadalupe Daravi