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Some Christian leaders say it's an 'abomination' to use the Bible to cause harm with anti-trans laws

• The religious right has taken a staunch stance against LGBTQ rights amid a wave of anti-trans legislation.
• They've quoted the Bible, referring to "God's good design of males and females and heterosexuality."
• Some open-minded Christian leaders said it is an "abomination" to use the Bible to threaten people's well-being.

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Katie Balevic

May 13, 2023

Many on the religious right call members of the LGBTQ community an "abomination," using Biblical scriptures to justify their stance against queer and transgender rights and inclusion.

But some within the Christian community have flipped the script, saying the real "abomination" is threatening people's lives with anti-LGBTQ laws and policies. 

"As a Christian leader, it's horrifying to me that Christianity and the Bible are being used by the religious right to bludgeon people through these many bills," Rev. Dr. Serene Jones, the president of Union Theological Seminary in New York City, told The Associated Press. 

Jones, the first woman to lead the UTS, was previously the president of the American Academy of Religion, another LGBTQ-inclusive organization. 

"To use religious language like that is an abomination," Jones added. 

I am not a very religious person but I remember from my Catechism class some sixty years, the Jesus brought a new testament. Didn’t Mark say something like ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” It seems to me that New Testament is about love and the Old Testament is about hate.

Unlike Jones and Langlois, many church leaders from the Southern Baptist Convention and the Catholic Church have been instrumental in the crusade against LGBTQ acceptance and inclusion for decades. Pope Francis, who has said the Church cannot recognize same-sex marriage, has denounced anti-gay laws.  That stance has drawn criticism from conservative Catholics for his positions. 

And in 2021, the Southern Baptist Convention campaigned against the Equality Act – a bill that included protections against discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation – saying it went against "God's good design of males and females and heterosexuality as clearly expressed in Scripture."

Believe it or not, the Catholic didn’t oppose the the Connecticut non-discrimination law here… But they did so only after assurances that they could still discrimination against because it is still against the law to discriminate based on religion.

Conservative lawmakers across the country have cited Biblical scriptures to support their bills targeting trans healthcare and inclusion in public life.

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"The language in many of these bills attacks the humanity of trans and nonbinary people, often erasing the dignity that should be afforded to everyone," Eaton said.

Back a few years ago the Supreme Court case of “Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission” the court found that the commission used religion in their ruling and struck it down. Well now we have legislatures using religion to pass bills against us… will the court strike down those laws?

Of course the conservatives non-affirming churches think this is all hooey what the affirming churches think. As one commenter in the Yahoo article,

These would be false preachers. Being trans is all about living a lie, pretending to be something you're not. These people need actual help, not enablers like we have here. So-called "gender affirming care" is not healthcare. 

They are just using religion to hide their animosity against us.