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o11c · 3374 days ago · link · · parent · post: Dan Savage reacts to the Kentucky clerk not issuing marriage licenses by pointing out her rampant hypocrisy and the privilege held by Christians
Seeing how disparate the interpretations were was certainly enlightening. But then: --- Romans 13 might be more applicable for the specific case of obedience, but the underlying problem is that these people can't acknowledge a government that is separated from the church. Besides, giving someone a whole chapter as reference means TL;DR. The Caesar quote stands alone. Regardless of how much people can argue about where the separation needs to be set, it must be there somewhere. --- As for using the Bible as a guiding source ... someone asked Jesus that and his answer seems pretty clear.I think we'd be hard pressed to find any religious concept that isn't disputed by someone.