Mississippi lawmaker cites Bible passage that calls for gays to be put to death

[minionofmidas]

He quoted that, but I don't see where he actually said "I know I'm in the minority here and things won't go according to my whims, but if they did this is what policy in the US should be like". I don't see him actually - even theoretically - supporting the death penalty for practicing gays.

So. Lame. Not a Salafist.

[minionofmidas]

5)   The regulation against weaving two different kinds of material in the same clothe was simply to serve as a lesson for the righteous not to intertwine themselves with non-believers (e.g. do not be unequally yoked…do not plant to different kinds of seeds in the same field…you must differentiate the clean from the unclean, etc, etc, etc…)

So some passages of the Bible - which look a hell of a lot like strict orders - are simply metaphors

That is Christian theology. That always has been Christian theology. That (and the reasoning behind it) has been Christian theology for 1800 years. Get over it.

[minionofmidas]

Not entirely irrelevant, but not God's command to the entire world according to the terms of the New Testament/Covenant/whatever translation you like as interpreted by the entirety of Christianity since... well.. since it has been reasonably describable as Christianity. That's only God's literal command to the Jews before the whole Jesus business.
I mean, if you don't know that what are you even doing in this thread? Might as well discuss Islam with a Westerner.