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Is Cory Booker Misusing the Bible?

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I appreciate that Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker is not ashamed to speak of his faith. He is not ashamed to call himself a Christian, and he is not afraid to quote Scripture. The question is: Is he misusing the Bible? Is he misapplying God’s Word? Booker’s Misuse of the Bible Senator Booker was responding to a question asked by a Catholic school student who stated that her school “routinely rejected requests for an LGBTQ+ club.” Booker replied,  “It said in Micah, ‘What do you want from your Lord, but what is it you want from your people?’ Which is to do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly — walk humbly — and, so for me, I cannot allow, as a leader, that people are going to use religion as a justification for discrimination.” He added, “I can respect your religious views but also protect people from discrimination.” Did Booker apply this famous verse from the Old Testament accurately? Was the senator correct in explaining his opposition to “discr...

MSNBC host’s backpedaling on gay comments shows we’re living in Bizarro-World

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After Democratic Senator Cory Booker relentlessly grilled then-candidate for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on his views of gay marriage , conservative commentator Ben Shapiro mockingly imagined future questions that could be leveled at supporters of traditional marriage: "To verify your tolerance, I now ask that you publicly watch 'Brokeback Mountain' without making a face and that you cry at the end, sir!" I miss the days when parody was parody and didn't immediately occur in reality after the joke was made. MSNBC 's Joy Reid, a popular TV host , has come under fire for previous comments on an old blog about gay marriage and people she suspected of being gay, with a number of LGBT activists compiling her worst offences against "the community" and tweeting them out. Those comments included Reid's musings on the gayness or lack thereof of various public figures, as well as an apparently "transphobic" comment that involved her ac...

Franklin Graham blasts Democrat: ‘Dangerous’ to make gov’t officials back gay ‘marriage’

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In a series of tweets on Monday, Billy Graham ’s son Franklin blasted Sen. Cory Booker , D- NJ , for his hostility toward CIA Director Mike Pompeo over Pompeo’s belief in man-woman marriage. “So does holding a traditional view of marriage now make you inappropriate for public office in the eyes of some?” Graham asked. “That’s incredibly wrong—and it’s dangerous for the future of this nation.” Franklin Graham ✔ @Franklin_Graham So does holding a traditional view of marriage now make you inappropriate for public office in the eyes of some? That’s incredibly wrong—and it’s dangerous for the future of this nation. 1/3 11:15 AM - Apr 17, 2018 20.5K 6,291 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy Franklin Graham ✔ @Franklin_Graham Senator @ CoryBooker grilled Mike Pompeo on this topic in his Senate confirmation & is implying that you can’t have this belief and be an appointee. In other w...