Huckabee and Homosexuality

The first thing in the context of the religion and history the old and new testaments are inseparable, since they are both accepted to be the infallible word of the God, by Christians. Now to address the parts of the Bible which are considered out-dated. You said: "The one claim I will argue for now against Leviticus is that it is a book of the Bible mainly concerned with Jewish Law for that time. To use something from Leviticus one must also accept other Laws from that book, such wonderful items as: No contact with a woman while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanness(Lev.15:19-24). (Lev. 25:44) states that I may possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighbouring nations. Eating shellfish is an abomination (Lev. 11:10). (Lev. 21:20) states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight, (sorry no one with glasses can go to church). (Lev.19:27) states males should not cut their hair. And so on it goes...discarding one law as irrelevant or out dated makes all of them that." The items listed do not prove that the Bible isn't homophobic. They only show that people select the parts of it which are convenient for their argument and ignore the parts that are no longer acceptable to the wide public. The Bible can be used to justify many things from slavery to murder, but for some reason today it is no longer acceptable to kill someone for not observing the Sabbath, but its sill acceptable to persecute people who are different. The parts of the Bible used to justify homosexuality as a sin are: - "And they called to Lot and said to him, 'Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may know them carnally.'" Genesis 19:5 - "You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination." Leviticus 18:22 - "If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them." Leviticus 20:13 - "For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due." Romans 1:26-27 - "Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites,10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God." I Corinthians 6:9-10 - "Knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 10 for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine." I Timothy 1:9-10 All of these can be used to in some way or the other to show that homosexuality goes against the "will of God". Though the meaning of words such as "arsenokoitai" can be debated, but Leviticus 18:22 is rather clear on what it means and it alone can be used to sow that homosexuality is considered a sin in the Bible, and therefore saying "the bible says so is justification for homophobia…of course the Bible also justifies slavery as clearly stated in Leviticus 25:44 but most people would agree that it's not acceptable even though the "infallible word of God" says it is. This isn't about whether or not the Bible says homosexuality is a sin it clearly says it is in at least one verse (Leviticus 18:22 ).