Human Rights in Maine...Bill LD1196
In the coming weeks the Maine Legislature will be debating the merits of LD 1196. This bill would prohibit discrimination in employment, housing, credit, public accommodations, and educational opportunities based on sexual orientation or gender identity and expression. The bill defines sexual orientation as “actual or perceived heterosexuality, bisexuality, or homosexuality, or gender identity and expression.”
To me this bill is a no brainer. In the great State of Maine either everyone was created equal or only some were. Either everyone has equal protection under the law of only some do. Under LD 1196 discrimination against anyone hetero-sexual, homo-sexual, bisexual, etc., would be illegal in the State of Maine.
What is so hard to understand about that? I know that someone will bring up Leviticus 18:22 which says "You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination." Ok. I can accept that.
But what about Leviticus 11:10 where it states that only fish that have fins shall be eaten. Eating lobster is "an abomination." It seems to me that fishing for and selling lobsters would classified as an abomination as well.
Should we pass a law outlawing lobsters in the State of Maine? Or are there degrees of abomination? What about gay lobstermen or women. They would get a double whammy.
And the Lord in Leviticus said to Moses that women are not allowed to wear clothing made of two different kinds of thread, and that farmers are not allowed to grow two different crops in the same field, and that myopic people or far sighted people are not allowed to approach the altar, and that touching a dead pig skin makes one unclean (no football?), and that a person who curses should be stoned to death by the town.
When will it all end? And what about a gay lobsterman who pulls traps on the Sabbath and who curses and plants tomatoes and corn in the same field and wears glasses and likes to play football and has a short haircut? What about him?
Interestingly, according to the New Testament the Lord Jesus had nothing to say about people's sexual orientations. He did however proclaim this. "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you." John 15:12.
Is that so hard to understand? It certainly is good enough for me.
To me this bill is a no brainer. In the great State of Maine either everyone was created equal or only some were. Either everyone has equal protection under the law of only some do. Under LD 1196 discrimination against anyone hetero-sexual, homo-sexual, bisexual, etc., would be illegal in the State of Maine.
What is so hard to understand about that? I know that someone will bring up Leviticus 18:22 which says "You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination." Ok. I can accept that.
But what about Leviticus 11:10 where it states that only fish that have fins shall be eaten. Eating lobster is "an abomination." It seems to me that fishing for and selling lobsters would classified as an abomination as well.
Should we pass a law outlawing lobsters in the State of Maine? Or are there degrees of abomination? What about gay lobstermen or women. They would get a double whammy.
And the Lord in Leviticus said to Moses that women are not allowed to wear clothing made of two different kinds of thread, and that farmers are not allowed to grow two different crops in the same field, and that myopic people or far sighted people are not allowed to approach the altar, and that touching a dead pig skin makes one unclean (no football?), and that a person who curses should be stoned to death by the town.
When will it all end? And what about a gay lobsterman who pulls traps on the Sabbath and who curses and plants tomatoes and corn in the same field and wears glasses and likes to play football and has a short haircut? What about him?
Interestingly, according to the New Testament the Lord Jesus had nothing to say about people's sexual orientations. He did however proclaim this. "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you." John 15:12.
Is that so hard to understand? It certainly is good enough for me.
posted by Rev. G. | 12:15 PM
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