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In reply to the discussion: Make sure your desk is cleaned out, turn in your parking pass and your office key [View all]merrily
(45,251 posts)32. She should be ashamed of herself.
Among many other things, she's a pastor's wife who is making up crap about the Bible and then using the crap she made up to justify her bigoted, ugly behavior.
Wife of the First Baptist Churchs pastor, Gunter described herself as a conservative Christian who believes the Bible defines marriage as being between a man and woman.
First, There is no such thing as believing the Bible defines marriage a certain way. Either the Bible contains a definition of marriage or it doesn't.
Second, It doesn't. Nowhere in the Bible is there a definition of marriage, let alone one that says marriage has to be between A man and A woman.
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Make sure your desk is cleaned out, turn in your parking pass and your office key [View all]
bluestateguy
Jul 2015
OP
Well, fair enough, I suppose. If you feel you simply can't do the job then you should resign.
calimary
Jul 2015
#3
I just called up a thread in Good Reads that expresses my feeling about this:
Rhiannon12866
Jul 2015
#5
She has selective religion. Use what you want and/or make up what you need, then say it's
RKP5637
Jul 2015
#18
That was easy, if one can't hack the job, then quit, all done, finished. Easy answer! n/t
RKP5637
Jul 2015
#17
Surely if a supermarket worker does not want to sell pork for religious reasons,
Nye Bevan
Jul 2015
#30
Which was not the same as Obama's position in 1994, but that is irrelevant to what I posted.
merrily
Jul 2015
#38
"I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman.... for me as a Christian, it is also a sacred
Nye Bevan
Jul 2015
#40
More to the point, he did not mention a definition in the Bible that does not exist.
merrily
Jul 2015
#41