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Jimmy Carter: Jesus Never Said A Word About Homosexuality |
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Written by Instinct Staff |
Monday, 19 March 2012
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| Tags: jimmy carter, president, jesus, bible, homosexuality, gay, rights, marriage, same sex, religion, christianity, quote |
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Jimmy Carter calls out the modern-day Christian crusade against LGBT community in a new interview with Huffpo. Details follow.
In an interview promoting his new book NIV Lessons from Life Bible: Personal Reflections with Jimmy Carter, the former president reminds Christians that Jesus was not a homophobe.
Said Carter:
“Homosexuality was well known in the ancient world, well before Christ was born and Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things—he never said that gay people should be condemned. I personally think it is very fine for gay people to be married in civil ceremonies.
I draw the line, maybe arbitrarily, in requiring by law that churches must marry people. I’m a Baptist, and I believe that each congregation is autonomous and can govern its own affairs. So if a local Baptist church wants to accept gay members on an equal basis, which my church does by the way, then that is fine. If a church decides not to, then government laws shouldn’t require them to.”
And we're still waiting for President Obama's supposedly progressive views to evolve to meet former President Jimmy Carter's...
(Source: HuffPo; Image: The Blaze)
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