
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, March 27, 1992                   TAG: 9203270473
SECTION: EDITORIAL                    PAGE: A-8   EDITION: METRO 
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LAWS IN LEVITICUS ARE OFTEN BROKEN

THE MARCH 13 letter by Floyd G. Hancock Jr. quotes the ancient Hebrew laws (written for priests) from Leviticus to condemn homosexuals. I wonder how many of these laws Mr. Hancock personally observes.

If he eats ham or seafood, he's broken the law. If he gets a haircut, he's broken the law. If he wears a cotton-polyester T-shirt, he's broken the law.

I feel certain that most fundamentalist Christians have broken all these laws and many more, yet they smugly pick out a couple of verses to self-righteously judge others. To put the Levitican law into context, it also instructs parents to murder their rebellious children!

It's almost the 21st century, and nations are still using the Bible to "prove" that whites are racially superior and that slavery is an institution ordained by God. Many denominations still use the Bible to "prove" that women cannot teach or preach in churches. And, going against current scientific findings that show sexual orientation is a natural process, many are still using the Bible to "prove" that homosexuality is a sin.

Any prejudice can be "proven" by proof-texting the Bible. May I recommend reading Romans 2:1? EUGENE BLAKE ROANOKE

by CNB