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In an interview with the Huffington Post, Jimmy Carter once again expressed pro-gay sentiments while simultaneously promoting his book about the Bible. He said:

Homosexuality was well known in the ancient world, well before Christ was born and Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things -– he never said that gay people should be condemned. I personally think it is very fine for gay people to be married in civil ceremonies.

This is exciting! Here is someone who has written a book with a religious theme, serves as a Sunday School teacher (though he separated himself from the Southern Baptists over their treatment of and beliefs about women…also a very good thing), and is a former president is unequivocally supporting us. What a nice way to bridge the gap between the Christians and the LGBT community.  I’m not sure how much impact it will have in the long run as I suspect the Christian community will respond by saying his is deluded and living in sin, and his views do not represent them.

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