Separation of Church and Hate

by John Fugelsang

Jesus said, “Welcome the stranger.” Our neighbors heard “Build a wall.”

Now, maybe you’re a sensible person, and, not seeking unnecessary conflict, you politely steer away from politics or religion. I recommend sports.

If God loves men and women equally, then God’s a feminist.

Now, it should come as no surprise that in the first-century Holy Land, divorce laws weren’t written by the editorial staff of Jezebel.

The Vatican will one day realize that they need women more than women need the Vatican.

Okay, since this is a book about the Bible and all, let’s talk about sluts.

Here’s a tip—if you think letting consenting taxpaying adults marry who they love will lead to bestiality, you are not a champion of Jesus—you’re a guy who thinks too much about bestiality.

marriage equality was never about special rights, just equal rights. “Special rights” are for political churches that don’t have to pay taxes.

Context is a wooden stake to Christian homophobia.

In Leviticus 11, God also declares shellfish and pork to be “abominations.” Which means that shrimp cocktail with bacon bits JD Vance just scarfed down at the Focus on the Family fundraiser makes him every bit as biblically abominable as George Michael Night at the Ramrod Bathhouse.

You don’t get to hide behind a book you don’t truly follow just to hurt a people Jesus commands you to love.

Because Jesus, time and again, refuses to be a dick.

Romans, Timothy, and Corinthians are the last stand for the biblical homophobe. Which is ironic, because when you list them it sounds like a gay Italian leather bar.

it’s like a big game of gay-panic-euphemism bingo.

Of course Paul was a closeted homosexual; it’s the only explanation that makes any sense.”