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The ABC once again on the eve of the voting on the  Marriage Act  has interviewed a liberal theologian Robyn Whitaker who states that the Bible and  God  support homosexuality.  Whitaker, lectures in  biblical studies  at  Trinity College  at the  University of Melbourne . WHITAKER FIRST ERROR IS MISUNDERSTANDING SCRIPTURE. Whitaker believed homosexuality was a sin according to the Bible but she now says it is not a sin. What has changed? Has God changed his mind?  Whitaker argues that the prohibition against homosexuality it also mixed up with other prohibitions like eating pork both of which the Bible calls a abomination. Because we no longer treat pork as a prohibition, the same should apply to the sin of homosexuality.  That is her argument, which most revisionists use.  Whitaker says - "Yes, this verse clearly condemns adulterous homosexual sex in calling it an "abomination"...

How significant are the prohibitions of same-gender behavior in Leviticus 18 :22 and 20:13? Are these passages limited to Israel’s purity code and her separation from the surrounding gentile nations, or are they universal? The Revisionist Answer The context limits the prohibitions to the cult or religion of Israel, as shown by the use of the word abominable (Heb. toʿeba, Gk. bdelygma). These regulations belong solely to the purity laws applied to Israel in the Old Testament and have no on-going value as moral standards. These passages are never quoted in the New Testament as part of the Christian ethic. Establishment of the death penalty for violators does not help determine whether the texts apply to the modern world. The texts have no relevance. The Biblical Answer Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 clearly describe homosexual behavior, with the second passage calling for the death penalty. The words abomination or detestable occur in both passages. Among the vices listed in the...