On Tue, 24 Dec 2013 12:54:42 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

Rabbi Shmuley on Duck Dynasty and Biblical Homophobia
What Walks and Quacks Like a Duck

By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach


I tend to side with my bearded brethren on most things. Men of facial
hair like Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Ernest Hemingway and, of
course, Jesus clearly demonstrate that whiskers are the prerequisite of
greatness.

But Phil Robertson, patriarch of Duck Dynasty, might have broken the
unshavenness-is-weightiness rule with his silly and gratuitous remarks
about gays.

Hardly a week goes by without some religious guy in America blathering
on about how homosexuality is like bestiality. Last week, it was the
Duck pop’s turn: “Start with homosexual behavior, and just morph out
from there—bestiality, sleeping around with this woman and that woman
and that woman and those men.” From there, Robertson turned to the
Bible, calling homosexuality a “sin” and ended with this humdinger: “It
seems like, to me, a vagina—as a man—would be more desirable than a
man’s anus. That’s just me.”

Lotta trash snipped.

The guy was asked what he considered sinful. He responded...homosexual behavior, etc. Many, many
folks consider homosexual behavior to be sinful. That's his opinion on the *behavior* of
homosexuals. He also considers bestiality and fornication sinful. So what? That's his opinion.

As to the vagina vs anus statement, I'd have to agree with him...it seems to me that would be a true
statement. But, that's just me. Some folks just enjoy having something up their butt. I don't think
I would.

I suppose I'm just a real bad person.

John H. -- Hope you're having a great day!