Jimmy Carter endorses marriage equality

[kpete]

Homosexuality was well known in the ancient world, well before Christ was born and Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things -– he never said that gay people should be condemned. I personally think it is very fine for gay people to be married in civil ceremonies.

I draw the line, maybe arbitrarily, in requiring by law that churches must marry people. I’m a Baptist, and I believe that each congregation is autonomous and can govern its own affairs. So if a local Baptist church wants to accept gay members on an equal basis, which my church does by the way, then that is fine. If a church decides not to, then government laws shouldn’t require them to.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/19/president-jimmy-carter-bible-book_n_1349570.html
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/20/1076033/-Jimmy-Carter-endorses-marriage-equality

[Voice for Peace]

1. sanity and kindness are never completely gone from the world -- there are always at least few

like this man, helping keeping hope alive & intelligence from withering.

[qb]

2. Woo Hoo! Thank Ya, Jimmy!

[HappyMe]

3. k&r

He's a good, decent man.