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Biblical excuse for homophobia shut down in one simple tweet<\/b><\/p>\n

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Twitter user @RussInChesire — who describes himself as an “INTJ, feminist, centre-left\/green” designer, data analyst, and portrait painter — tweeted the perfect retort for anyone who leans on the Bible<\/a> to support their homophobia.<\/p>\n

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Homosexuality is forbidden by the bible. So are poly\/cotton socks. <\/p>\n

Leviticus 19:19: “You shall not… wear a garment upon you of two kinds of material mixed together.”<\/p>\n

When they start protesting socks as much as they protest gays<\/a>, I’ll accept it’s for religious reasons.<\/p>\n

— Russ (@RussInCheshire) June 22, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Russ tweeted the clapback in June 2018, but the post recently found new life online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Related: Dear Religious Right: Stop using The Bible as a weapon of homophobia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Christian opponents to homosexuality often cite Leviticus 18:22, which reads, “You shall not lie with a male<\/a> as with a woman<\/a>; it is an abomination.”<\/p>\n

But David Lose, Senior Pastor at Mount Olivet Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, observed in a 2011 HuffPost<\/em> article<\/a> that there’s “considerable debate” about that verse and similar passages — e.g. whether they refer to “consensual homosexual practice” and whether they were born out of, say, the importance of procreation to the nomadic Israelites.<\/p>\n

Related: Gay teen eviscerates every religious argument against homosexuality<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

FYI, the Bible also forbids<\/a> eating pork or shrimp, getting tattoos, gossiping, and — checks notes<\/em> — getting rounded haircuts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Biblical excuse for homophobia shut down in one simple tweet Twitter user @RussInChesire — who describes himself as an “INTJ, feminist, centre-left\/green” designer, data analyst, and portrait painter — tweeted the perfect retort for anyone who leans on the Bible to support their homophobia. Homosexuality is forbidden by the bible. So are poly\/cotton socks. 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