Conservative and evangelical Christians love to cherry pick the Bible, especially the Old Testament. They weaponize and justify their prejudice for gays, lesbians, and transgender people using old books that don't even apply to Christians.
The book of Leviticus, that is lovingly quoted by the garden variety bigots, not only calls out being gay or lesbian as a sin, but it also has dozens of other restrictions that Christians ignore.
If Christians are going to rag on gays and lesbians, they need to also abide by these ancient rules:
* Stop eating pork
* Stop eating shellfish
* Stop wearing certain types of fabric
* Not let women touch anything when they're on their periods
Leviticus contains 613 commandments, many of which are nearly impossible to do in modern society.
The book of Leviticus was not written for Christians, and even reformed Jews don't follow the overwhelming majority of it's archaic and prejudicial rules.
From the Reformation project's page with extensive review of the old laws of Leviticus that do not apply to Christians:
The prohibitions in Leviticus don’t apply to Christians, and they are rooted in cultural gender roles.
A PhD in religion breaks down all the context of homosexuality in the New Testament and solidly rebuts conservative Christian arguments that try to cite those few passages out of context.
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