God is giving us a list of the kinds of people who will not be getting to Heaven. It wraps up with:
"Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God."
(1 Corinthians 6:9-10)
"abusers of themselves with mankind" is a 17th century English euphemism. The phrase is all one word in the original language: Strong's Concordance (greek) number 733. Strong's defines it as "From G730 and G2845; a sodomite: - abuser of (that defile) self with mankind."
It is pretty hard to get any more plain with your language. The Bible clearly states that queers are not going to make the cut. Note: this is a list of people who DO things. Not people who DID things. If you will come to Jesus for forgiveness of your sins and STOP being (e.g.) a sodomite, you can get to Heaven.
Otherwise, you're toast.
This (potentially) puts Congress at odds with the first Amendment to the Constitution, because the frikken BIBLE criticizes a now-federally-protected-against-harrassment group of people who define themselves solely on the basis of a biblically-condemned activity.
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