Here's a comment submitted by Carol Lewis:
To those who would quote the Bible as the basis for being anti-gay marriage, please don't cherry-pick your quotes. Here are some other things banned by the Bible that you may want to think about:

1) When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord (Lev 1:9). The problem is my neighbors. They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?

2) I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her?

3) I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanliness (Lev 15:19-24). The problem is, how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense.

4) Lev. 25:44 states that I may indeed possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can’t I own Canadians?

5) I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself?

6) A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an Abomination (Lev 11:10), it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don’t agree. Can you settle this?

And one from Jack Stagman: God, from the beginning of time created marriage between man and a woman...Adam and Steve.
If it was his intention to make only two human brings and end the development of man kind, He would have created Adam and Steve.
God will not be mocked. I don't hate gays...just their sin, just as God does. Don't believe me..look at Romans Chapter 1

Gay rights are Human rights and are not subject to judgement from stupid religious cults.

As the Bible, and religion in general, well post-dated the institution of marriage, it is certainly not a very reliable source for tracing the history of marriage. Marriage was a civil ceremony well before either Judaism or Christianity existed, and it remains at base a civil matter. Religions may control what goes on with respect to marriage as a religious rite, but that should have no effect on marriage as a civil matter, just as civil law ignores Catholic concepts regarding divorce. Nor may any religious practitioner create a legal marriage without the benefit of a state-issued license. There is no reason to conflate marriage as a civil matter with any religious concept of marriage. No religion need recognize a marriage, but neither should they be able to control its legal effect.

The statement that the Bible commands one man and one woman is of course quite silly. Indeed, the Bible explicitly sanctions polygamy, at least of the one man, many women sort. And in reality, polygamy was the dominant form of marriage throughout the world for most of history. This is not to argue for polygamy, but simply to emphasize that there need be no concordance between religious views of marriage and the position of the state.

Eric: Understanding what you're saying, how do we, as a country, get around the "One nation, Under God..." thing? Or do we?

This is the Arlington Patch, right? Pretty sure we're clearly settled on the side of decency and equality, here. The rest of Virginia will catch up, eventually.

WHAT bible call abomination is abomination,if u believe GOD. my question is this,have u seen where two male animal are having sex to each other?. but human being that GOD created in his own image does all this.

this so-called same-sex people should not be allowed to touch a child born of man and woman, wheather the child is orphan or not. because sometimes they say that they want to adopt, and i want know why they need a child. when a woman is now married to woman and man maarried to man. all i know is that GOD has created man and woman to be husband and wife, not man and man or woman and woman.

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they ran the adv on sunday - when the churches probably made sure to tell their parishioners to continue the campaign of religious hatred against gay people

Northern VA is quite supportive of gay people. In the south - very anti. Of course its about real education instead of a rotten church agenda that has its roots in the capital of the confederacy - Richmond VA.

Gays are just the newest victims for the confederates

If I state is aloud than all states should he aloud this is america right that's like saying all the mexicans is just aloud in texas and no other state ..........

In regard to the person asking about 2 male animals having sex, yes, it happens quite often. There are many research examples of male animals refusing sex with females, preferring males instead. I know because I wrote my doctoral dissertation about the topic.