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Columnist and gay-rights advocate Dan Savage is standing by his comment that “we can learn to ignore the bulls**t in the Bible about gay people” at a recent conference for high school students, a line that prompted some to walk out and spurred intense online debate.
In a blog post on Sunday, Savage wrote that his remark at a conference for the Journalism Education Association and the National Scholastic Press Association was “being spun as an attack on Christianity. Which is bullshhh… which is untrue.”
“I was not attacking the faith in which I was raised,” Savage wrote. “I was attacking the argument that gay people must be discriminated against — and anti-bullying programs that address anti-gay bullying should be blocked (or exceptions should be made for bullying ‘motivated by faith’) — because it says right there in the Bible that being gay is wrong.”
Some Christian students walked out of the Seattle speech, prompting another controversial line from Savage: “It’s funny to someone who is on the receiving end of beatings that are justified by the Bible how pansya**ed people react when you push back.”
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The Bible does not say to discrimante against active homosexuals.Jesus’ first words when his public ministry started are “Repent & believe in the gospel.” Someone please explain to me if pseudo-sexual behavior between same sex people is OK & normal, then why the prevalance of high alcholism, drug abuse, STD’s, AIDS & suicide amongst this group?
Another example of Gays and Lesbians being tolerant of those who disagree with them. Dan Savages character sure came out. He bullied Bible believing Christians and Jews.
Look, Michael, he bullied no one. He denounced the Bible but he really should see that the Bible can be a powerful tool for what he and gays in general want: liberation, respect, community. Savage somehow missed that ML King found the Bible to be the inspiration for his movement, despite the Bible´s acceptance of slavery. Gays could be doing the same as King and everyone would be better off.