Stop twisting the Bible: There is no message against same-sex marriage
http://www.salon.com/2014/04/12/stop_twisting_the_bible_there_is_no_message_against_same_sex_marriage/
I’d like to begin our conversation about homosexuality and the Bible by inviting you to think with me about what precisely Moses had in mind when he commanded that a man who “lies with a man as with a woman” must be put to death.
There is no record in the Torah of two men seeking to share their lives together as companions and lovers. There are two instances in the Torah of men lying with men as with a woman. It seems likely to me that when Moses commands the death penalty for a man lying with a man that he was addressing these practices that are described in two separate passages in the Torah. Let’s consider each of these two passages.
In Genesis 19, we read the story of Sodom, from which the terms “sodomy” and “sodomite” are drawn. In this story, two angels (in both Hebrew and Greek the word “angel” means “messenger”) came from God, and visited the town of Sodom. Lot, Abraham’s nephew, invited the men to lodge with him for the night. Here’s what Genesis says: “Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom—both young and old—surrounded the house. They called to Lot, ‘Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.’ Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him and said, ‘No, my friends. Don’t do this wicked thing. Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do what you like with them. But don’t do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof ’ ” (Genesis 19:4–8, niv).
Once again we see the strange patriarchal world in which the Bible was shaped, as Lot offers his two daughters to be raped by the men of Sodom rather than giving up the strangers he’s just met (a story virtually identical to the one that occurs in Judges 19 with the Levite’s concubine and the men of Gibeah).
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What about eating shellfish??!!!!!
I have developed a love of using liberal interpretations of the bible to make their heads explode.
My favorite is to abstractly mention how the bible says we have knowledge of good and evil and say I see nothing evil with homosexuality and then ask them who I should put my trust in? My conscience or some moldy book prone to mis-interpretation, mis-translation, and corrupt individuals using their position as preists to add in their own bigotry to it through the ages. Then follow it up by asking them if they think god is a bigot.
That usually drives them off the wall 
Alternatively, I like to try and use the gospels to drive them crazy. When I do this my usual modus operandi is to say the OT is null and void and then link them this:
http://www.wouldjesusdiscriminate.org/biblical_evidence/gay_couple.html
If they bring up Saul or anything following the gospels, I usually remark on how they are so willing to take the beliefs of the a man who persecuted the early Christians over the actions of the man who they claim to worship as described in the Gospels. (Honestly, I don't see why more liberal Christians use the same tactic rather than trying to give his words a liberal interpretation)
Its a great tactic to watch their heads explode while generating a ton of likes and support amoung liberal christian. While I have seen a few conservative x-tians back way off after the first approach, I have yet to see the latter approach actually change anyone's mind about anything.
While I do get a lot of praise from people who already support the LGBTQ community, to everyone else it sounds like I am twisting things to support a particular position...and as I am a non-believer they would be abosultely correct. That is exactly what I am doing. I strongly support gay rights and marriage equality and if it will help my case I will argue against the bible and christianity itself one moment, and then twist every single word I can out of it the second it will help make my case.
I have no problem doing this I don't give a shit about the bible at all 
While the person who wrote this article, unlike me, is a sincere believer I suspect this article would have a similar effect amoungst those who oppose LGBT rights or are on the fense as my arguments do. It comes off as doing gymnastistics to try and find an alternative interpretation. If the biblical god does exist I guess it is possible that this interpretation is correct, but I don't find the argument convincing.
I guess, just as with the argument between believers and us non-believers, it all comes down to learning who is right after we all die.
Besides who doesn't like (best yogi voice) a pic-i-nic basket?
Except for maybe Ranger Smith, that jerk!
