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Olde Tyme Religion
Jimmy Carter: Jesus Would ‘Approve' of Gay Marriage, Some Abortions
2018-07-09
[Breitbart] Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said Sunday that Jesus would approve of gay marriage and certain abortions in an interview with HuffPost Live.

Speaking of his faith, Mr. Carter said in his career as a politician he never ran across "any really serious conflicts between my political obligations and my religious faith."

Asked about gay marriage, he replied that it is "no problem with me. I think everybody should have a right to get married regardless of their sex.

Regarding whether he thinks Jesus would approve of gay marriage, Carter replied "I don’t have any verse in Scripture," but added, "I believe that Jesus would approve of gay marriage."

"I think Jesus would encourage any love affair if it was honest and sincere and was not damaging to anyone else and I don’t see that gay marriage damages anyone else," he said.

The 39th president did add a caveat concerning religious liberty and the right to "opt out" of same-sex marriage.

"The only thing I would draw a line on," he said, is "I wouldn’t be in favor of the government being able to force a local church congregation to perform gay marriages if they didn’t want to. But those two partners should be able to go to a local courthouse or to a different church and get married."
Posted by:Besoeker

#14  Never ran across any serious conflicts? I gather he automatically resolved them all in favor of what the party said. I heard he used to teach Sunday School. I hope this is a late-in-life deterioration...
Posted by: james   2018-07-09 21:16  

#13  I can think of one abortion that would ended up with the world being a better place, although Jimmuh may not approve.
Posted by: gorb   2018-07-09 17:06  

#12  Dementia?
Posted by: rjschwarz   2018-07-09 16:19  

#11  Jimmy.....Uhhhh NO!!!

I just don't understand how he can say these things without some combination of LSD, Marijuana, Meth, or alcohol.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2018-07-09 14:30  

#10  Carter was so good as a President that he only got one term and the Republicans followed with three to wash out the stables. And that's after Nixon stunk up the GOP brand.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2018-07-09 13:56  

#9  I can pretty easily imagine the chapter about Noah getting drunk and being taken advantage of by Ham being one of Jimmuah's nightly devotions...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2018-07-09 13:21  

#8  Too much 'Billy Beer', 3dc.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2018-07-09 13:04  

#7  This from a man whose brother was caught pissing on the Lincoln Memorial.
Posted by: 3dc   2018-07-09 12:40  

#6  Correction: Jimmy Carter Jesus Would ‘Approve' of Gay Marriage, Some Abortions.

Don't believe jimmuh was ever officially appointed to speak for Jesus.



Posted by: Abu Uluque   2018-07-09 11:48  

#5  Say what you will about Obama, but in my heart, Jimmy Carter will always be Worst President Ever.
Posted by: SteveS   2018-07-09 11:15  

#4  ^ I sometimes fantasize. Is that so wrong?
Posted by: Jimmuh   2018-07-09 10:08  

#3  And you know because?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-07-09 09:57  

#2  Keep this line of thought in mind the next time you see an article, or perhaps many, decrying the mass exodus of the American public from churches. We haven't left the church they left us when they decided to rewrite everything in accordance with the latest Acela corridor fad.
Posted by: Cesare   2018-07-09 09:51  

#1  Peanut head..talk about your cultural malaise. Jimmah now relegated to 2nd worst president. Champ still 1st and increasing his lead esp. when/if all the deep state workings emerge and he is found to be orchastrating - or at least waving his arms while ValJar works the strings.
Posted by: Warthog   2018-07-09 09:16  

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