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I wrote yesterday about religion-based bigotry versus the world of facts and I\u2019m going to touch on that subject again today. It is important that we question the GOP closely on this issue since it\u2019s one so important to them that they insist we all abide by it as well, regardless of our own religions beliefs (or lack thereof). Look at this headline from Right Wing Watch as an example of the recent rhetoric:<\/p>\n

James Dobson takes to WorldNetDaily to blast Obama over his support for marriage equality: \u201cI hope you live to regret ripping into the institution of marriage, which has been foundational to the social order of all nations.\u201d
Leaving us some questions about this \u201cinstitution of marriage\u201d thing. Avaaz.org asked the other day, \u201cWhat defines a real marriage?\u201d The Republican Party spouts the fundamentalist Christian line that there is something called \u201ctraditional\u201d marriage and they like to point at the Old Testament for proof. They like to claim that the \u201cinstitution\u201d of marriage is between one man and one woman. But their claim and the Old Testament do not line up \u2013 there is no \u201ctraditional marriage\u201d in the Old Testament as the above graphic (from Upworthy and Unicorn Booty) demonstrates. As Avaaz.org points out, \u201cthey should probably stop relying on the Old Testament as backup.\u201d
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