I am a retired teacher and unequivocally proclaim that there is no hope for America as long as Christians and conservatives allow our children to be indoctrinated in the pagan (a.k.a. “public”) schools. We must rescue our children! See specifics at http://www.insectman.us/exodus-mandate-wv/index.htm

Forget what he said… You and I, and everyone living and breathing on this planet have said things in our life that were not meant for everyone to hear. That is not the point anyway. It is being made up to be a spear by the left in hopes they can run it through Trump and kill his efforts because they are scared! They will be openly exposed for their corrupt actions if he is in office. They all will go down in flames along with many Republicans! We can only survive if we have a man that will be willing to take the shots that Mr. Trump is willing to take to change things. I don’t mean modify what we already have, I mean tear them down to rubble and build new ideas. Everything that the government has conceived and rammed down our throats has been a failure! I dare you to name one program that has been a cost effective success, or even a success at all? There is not one in over 200 years! What more evidence do you need? Isn’t it time we do something about that? For once in our lives, let’s stop quibbling about unimportant trivial matters and look at the big picture! We have a proven successful man running against a proven liar and criminal! I can’t believe anyone in this country could give support to Hillary. It is time you stood up and said the right thing also! I am!

You sir are holding Trump’s comments over him doing exactly what Jesus Christ told us not to do! There is only ONE choice this election, and you must either get on board or you become a big part of the problem, not Trump!!!

To me this captures the entire argument…
Abortion: baby in a blender – get the picture?

Paul’s writings have been taken out of context and twisted to punish and oppress every identifiable minority in the world: Jews, children, women, blacks, slaves, politicians, divorced people, convicts, pro choice people, lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transsexuals, religious reformers, the mentally ill, and the list could go on and on. Paul is often difficult and confusing to understand. A lot of Paul’s writing is very difficult to translate. Since most of his letters were written in response to news from other people, reading Paul can be like listening to one side of a telephone conversation. We know, or think we know, what Paul is saying, but we have to guess what the other side has said. As 2 Peter 3:16-18 pointed out, we have to be on guard against using Paul’s writings in unhealthy and destructive ways.

The theme of the first 3 chapters of Romans is expressed in 1:16: “The gospel is the power of God for spiritual freedom (salvation) for all who believe.” Paul showed that all people equally need and can have Jesus in their lives. Paul’s gospel is inclusive, as expressed in Galatians 3:28: “There is neither Jew nor Greek, neither slave nor free, neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”

If Paul had intended to condemn homosexuals as the worst of all sinners, he certainly had the language skills to do a clearer job of it than emerges from Romans 1:26-27. The fact is that Paul nowhere condemned or mentioned romantic love and sexual relations between people of the same sex who love each other. Paul never commented on sexual orientation. As in the rest of the Bible, Paul nowhere even hinted that Lesbians and Gay men can or should change their sexual orientation.

Romans 1:31, where the King James Version translated the Greek word astorgous as “without natural affection.” This is one of the characteristics of people “with a reprobate mind” (KJV of 1:28). The word for “reprobate” is more recently translated as “depraved” or “perverted” in order more neatly to fit the sexualizing of everything possible in the list. The literal meaning of “reprobate” (Greek dokimon) is “to fail to measure up” or “to fail to meet the test” and simply means that the list of things that follows is the result of a mind that has abandoned God. The word astorgous, “without natural affection,” is used only here and in 2 Timothy 3:3. It has nothing at all to do with homosexuality or with sex. It is the Greek word for “family love” or “family ties” with the negative prefix. It refers to people who despise and reject their family members. Rather than being directed at homosexuals, it is a term that is directed at people who despise and reject their own homosexual children and brothers and sisters! Modern translators, knowing this, usually render the word as “unloving,” and the implication of some sort of “unnatural” or “perverted” affection is removed. Many more translation corrections are needed elsewhere!

The use of Romans 1:26-27 against homosexuals turns out to be a blunt instrument to batter and wound people who were not intended in the original text. Paul clearly taught throughout Romans, Galatians and his other letters that God’s freely given and all inclusive love is for every person on earth. Notice what Paul said about judging others in Romans 2:1: “Therefore you are without excuse, every one of you who passes judgment, for in that you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things.”

Alan Colmes – aka, “Comb-over” is such an idiot – he has no argument – other than a “straw man” argument.