The Evils of Bible Idolatry

From the blog of Michael in Norfolk
Friday, February 25, 2011
Wingnut B&B Owners Tell Gay Couple they Are "Wrong and Unnatural"
Based on their treatment of a gay couple seeking a venue for their civil union ceremony, the owners of TimberCreek B&B (pictured at left) demonstrate the mindless idiocy - and bigotry - of self-congratulatory Christianists who feel they can flout the civil laws and discriminate against anyone who does not live their life in accordance with fear based and intolerant based Christianist religious beliefs. One can only hope that the State of Illinois will prosecute these jerks for violating the Illinois Human Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation by businesses open to the public. Not only did the B&B owners refuse to accommodate the civil unions ceremony but they also chastised the couple and called on them to repent. With too many individuals like these B&B owners, it is no wonder that the USA is sliding towards second tier nation status. Here are some highlights from the Advocate:
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Todd Wathen of downstate Illinois sent out inquiries to Beall Mansion and the TimberCreek B&B regarding his upcoming civil union reception. While Beall Mansion's managers told Wathen they allow only traditional weddings at their property, the TimberCreek B&B went much further.
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"We will never host same-sex civil unions. We will never host same-sex weddings even if they become legal in Illinois," TimberCreek operators told Wathen in an e-mail. “We believe homosexuality is wrong and unnatural based on what the Bible says about it. If that is discrimination, I guess we unfortunately discriminate."
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When informed of Illinois's new civil unions law, Jim Walder of TimberCreek replied, “The Bible does not state opinions, but facts. It contains the highest laws pertinent to man. It trumps Illinois law, United States law, and global law should there ever be any.”
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Walder later sent an unsolicited e-mail of Bible passages to Wathen. He wrote, “Hi Todd, I know you may not want to hear this, but I thought I would send along a couple of verses in Romans 1 detailing how the Creator of the Universe looks at the gay lifestyle. It’s not to late to change your behavior.”
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Walder obviously knows very little accurate history and has done no serious study of the Bible and its many rewritings and the political compromises made in dogma all the way back to the time of Constantine the Great. Oh, and did I mention that some of the "facts" recounted in the Bible are off by centuries in terms of true time line chronology? Perhaps Walden needs to be shipped to Iran where the current leadership welcomes such ignorance in the populace.

The stupidest of arguments is "The bible says so" Bibliolaters worship a LIE, because the bible is a bunch of very old books full of contradictions and errors, that has very little to say to an Humanity in the era post- declarationof Human Rights, that trumps any ol'say in the ol'evil book called bible. it says soo in the bible? so what?