What a storm in a teacup!

Who cares? One can marry a broom if they like, even three brooms, one male, one female and one well... just a broom. No laws and no referendums can change this simple fact.

Anyway, just to clarify a couple of biblical points:

1.
«If she ever played tennis on a Sunday. She should be stoned to death.
Did she ever wear a mixture of cloths? I do not remember the punishment for that.
What about eating seafood prawns lobsters. Another sin against scriptures.»

All the above obliges only Jews.
(and many of these commandments were actually designed for keeping the Jews separate from others)

2. The Bible instructs Jews to kill any two men caught in a homosexual act, but according to Jewish law, only if:

a) both were men.
b) they were not castrated, hermaphrodite or otherwise sexually impaired.
c) both aged over 13.
d) there was anal penetration.
e) the act was done willingly and knowingly.
f) each man knew that the other is a male.
g) the men knew that this is forbidden, implying that if they either did not read the Bible or did not believe it to be true, then they did not know it!
h) the act was witnessed by two (or more) reliable Jewish men.

How likely is that?

SR,

You are right Margaret Court and Israel Folau are being persecuted by toxic fundamentalists.

Contrary to the drivel spouted by such Fwits as Daniel Andrews the opinions of MC and IF have never hurt or lead to the deaths of anyone.

David/VK3AUU asks "How so?". ie how does the new confirm the old testament.

By saying it. eg Romans 1:26-27 (NLT)..."That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. And the men, instead of having normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved."

It says similar things in a few other passages as well.

Elsewhere in the NT, Jesus effectively says that only those OT laws that he reaffirms will apply to his followers.

"One can marry a broom if they like..."

Sorry but that'd be the last straw. :)

Dear mhaze,

I don't give a toss what she spouts on about. I would prefer it didn't happen on open social media but in the end have at it.

What I don't think is appropriate is some who is so openly anti gay, referring to safe schools as work of the devil, getting my country's highest civilian gong.

Dear shadowminister,

Once again being a little puerile aren't you.

Calling out toxic language is not being toxic at all.

When you prattle on that “the opinions of MC and IF have never hurt or lead to the deaths of anyone.” You simply don't know. The language of the type the two of them have deployed undoubtedly causes distress as it has repeatedly found to be a factor in those who are bullied and struggle to gain acceptance because of their sexuality.

SR,

"What I don't think is appropriate is some who is so openly anti gay, referring to safe schools as work of the devil, getting my country's highest civilian gong."

So only people who agree with your opinions should get gongs? Very open minded of you.

BTW, are you sure it was a gong from your country and not a British knock-off? I know you get confused about such things.

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Meanwhile Chairman Dan has fired a new salvo in the left's war on Christianity. It seems its now going to be illegal to pray on behalf of someone who is or wants to be transgender. That is, praying to your deity for help to get someone with XY chromosomes in every one of their cells to recognise they are a bloke, will be criminalised.

Of course, in a hint at future battles, it'll be illegal for specialists like psychologists to try to get paedophiles to stop lusting after kids.

And Margaret Court (nee Smith) is the crazy one!!

Dear Mhaze,

Where did you get this information about Andrews?

To the best of my knowledge it is not illegal in Australia to even pray for someone to have an accident or cancer and die.

As far as I know, but please correct me if I am wrong, it is not illegal in Australia to even practice Voodoo against someone or to conduct cursing ceremonies with black candles against a hated one, though some may consider it an attempted murder.