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Phil Robertson and the Catholic Bishops on Homosexuality: St. Paul vs. Civil Law

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""It seems like, to me, a vagina -- as a man -- would be more desirable than a man's anus. That's just me. I'm just thinking: There's more there! She's got more to offer. I mean, come on, dudes! You know what I'm saying? But hey, sin: It's not logical, my man. It's just not logical.'"

 

I don't think Huckabee would say anything as crude as this. But let's go on.

 

After Magary asks Phil Robertson to tell him his view of what is sinful, Phil responds as follows:

 

""Start with homosexual behavior and just morph out from there, bestiality, sleeping around with this woman and that woman and that woman and those men,' he says. Then he paraphrases Corinthians: "Don't be deceived. Neither the adulterers, the idolaters, the male prostitutes, the homosexual offenders, the greedy, the drunkards, the slanderers, the swindlers -- they won't inherit the kingdom of God. Don't deceive yourself. It's not right.'"

 

That's not a bad paraphrase of 1Cor. 6:9-11. (Above I have quoted the relevant passage from the NRSV. But I've not checked the New International Version, which many Bible-thumpers prefer to use.)

 

Next, I want to quote another passage in which Magary quotes Phil Robertson:

 

""We never, ever judge someone on who's going to heaven, hell. That's the Almighty's job. We just love "em, give "em the good news about Jesus -- whether they're homosexuals, drunks, terrorists. We let God sort "em out later, you see what I'm saying?'"

 

Hey, this is similar in spirit to Pope Francis's statement about "Who am I to judge?"

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Thomas James Farrell is professor emeritus of writing studies at the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD). He started teaching at UMD in Fall 1987, and he retired from UMD at the end of May 2009. He was born in 1944. He holds three degrees from Saint Louis University (SLU): B.A. in English, 1966; M.A.(T) in English 1968; Ph.D.in higher education, 1974. On May 16, 1969, the editors of the SLU student newspaper named him Man of the Year, an honor customarily conferred on an administrator or a faculty member, not on a graduate student -- nor on a woman up to that time. He is the proud author of the book (more...)
 

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