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We gather on Sundays to worship the unmarried son of an adulterous polygamous king with a brothel owner for a grandma, we have a Bible that contains multiple stories of incest, gang rape and prostitution of relatives, and yet when someone who doesn\u2019t conform to our ideal middle class nuclear family walks into the church we freeze.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2014 Jonathan Robinson, in his post \u201ccoming out on gay marriage<\/span>\u201d on the blog\u00a0\u03be\u1f10\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2<\/a><\/p>\n

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[In case anyone didn\u2019t get it, he\u2019s referring to Jesus\u2019 ancestors David and Rahab]<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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