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

[NY Jew]

Kudos for consistency in theocratic ambitions. I look forward to his further statements condemning cotton-poly blends, the consumption of shellfish, and the uncleanliness of menstration and masturbation.

cotton-poly blends?  if your going to quote the bible get it right there is nothing wrong with this and the bible never mentions this.

[NY Jew]

Kudos for consistency in theocratic ambitions. I look forward to his further statements condemning cotton-poly blends, the consumption of shellfish, and the uncleanliness of menstration and masturbation.

cotton-poly blends?  if your going to quote the bible get it right there is nothing wrong with this and the bible never mentions this.


(just for the record I know what your trying to say and are to ignorant to say)

Leviticus 19:19
Keep my decrees. Do not mate different kinds of animals. Do not plant your field with two kinds of seed. Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material.

The Talmud makes it pretty clear that the verse only means wool-linen blends, which is, again, one of the reasons why it's so silly when people take random passages out of the Law of Moses and quote them directly as meaning something.  (That includes this guy in the OP, of course). 

Thing is, at the time Leviticus was written, those were apparently the only two types of fiber known to Israel, so appealing to the Talmud in contravention of the plain meaning of the words isn't particularly convincing one way or the other, since you can come up with logical arguments in support of either position.

it's clearly based on the verse which is in Deuteronomy 22-11