
McKellan tears out
bible's 'anti-gay' pages
From IrelandOn-Line,
August 29, 2007
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Actor Ian McKellan is so offended by what he
regards as the Bible's anti-gay stance, he makes a point of ripping
out the relevant page every time he stays in a hotel room. |
Actor Ian McKellan is so offended by
what he regards as the Bible's anti-gay stance, he makes a point of ripping out
the relevant page every time he stays in a hotel room.
The openly homosexual actor, a longtime campaigner for gay rights, accepts he
should not vandalise the Bible, but finds it difficult to contain his outrage at
the contents of Leviticus 20:13 when he spots the holy book in hotels.
"It's the one thing I find difficult to defend but do go on doing," he said.
The Leviticus 20:13 passage reads: "If a man also lie with mankind, as he
lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall
surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them."
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