# How can Christian Righters be against gay marriage but not divorce?

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**Created:** [October 8, 2008, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-christian-righters-be-against-gay-marriage-but-not-divorce/466962 "2008-10-08T04:56:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-christian-righters-be-against-gay-marriage-but-not-divorce/466962/121 "2008-10-13T15:05:22Z")

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> [@Revenant\_Threshold](#):
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> Thanks. This likewise seems a good reason for you yourself not to assume that there _are_ such reasons, and certainly suggesting only “constant” denial is a bad thing doesn’t seem supported.
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I think we’re at a standstill here. Which is fine. Did I at least give you a decent response, if not one we agree on?

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**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-christian-righters-be-against-gay-marriage-but-not-divorce/466962/122 "2008-10-13T15:31:09Z")

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Yes, certainly. I mean, I suspect i’d be pretty worried if you _couldn’t_, but I didn’t think there would be a flimsy rationale for it and the answers you give are definetly reasonable ones. It may just be that as you brought up before you have a greater knowledge of the Bible to draw inferences from, and certainly the vast majority of Christians thankfully don’t agree with my interpretation. Or it could be a problem of wording, not just in the Bible, but on what we think that wording means.

I do have a question though, for future debate - do you have a preference as to which version of the Bible be quoted?

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**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-christian-righters-be-against-gay-marriage-but-not-divorce/466962/123 "2008-10-13T16:40:36Z")

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> [@Revenant\_Threshold](#):
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> Yes, certainly. I mean, I suspect i’d be pretty worried if you _couldn’t_, but I didn’t think there would be a flimsy rationale for it and the answers you give are definetly reasonable ones. It may just be that as you brought up before you have a greater knowledge of the Bible to draw inferences from, and certainly the vast majority of Christians thankfully don’t agree with my interpretation. Or it could be a problem of wording, not just in the Bible, but on what we think that wording means.
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> I do have a question though, for future debate - do you have a preference as to which version of the Bible be quoted?

The only preference I have is that it be a reasonably literal translation- like KJV, NKJV, ASB, NASB, RSV or NRSV, and less of a “dynamic equivalence” translation like the NIV, a paraphrase like The Living Bible, or a simplification like TEV (Today’s English Version). Of course, if necessary, I’ll also cite the FTV (Friar Ted Version).😃

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