Which parts of Leviticus?

CAIRNS Bishop Foley (CP 21/8) uses exerts from Leviticus to justify his stance on same-sex marriage and he will be informing his followers to do same.

If we should rely on Leviticus for our moral compass, what other parts of said text does he advise his followers?

It can’t be 19.19, “do not wear clothes woven from two different kinds of thread” given his photograph.

What about slavery, does Bishop Foley advocate that (25.44-46)?

What about killing children who curse their mother or father, does he advise his followers to follow Leviticus (20.9)? What about killing adulterers (20.10)? Does Bishop Foley refuse handicapped people attending his church (Leviticus 21.17-24)? Does he call on his congregation to stone to death those who blaspheme (Leviticus 24.13-16)? What about eating the flesh of your sons and daughters (26.29), or stoning to death ‘necromancers’ (20.27)?

Or are we going to hear the old response, don’t pay attention or read literally those parts, only the parts we use that support our out-of-touch position should be listened to? DJ. Hunt, Mt Sheridan 1572: The slaughter of French Protestants at the hands of Catholics begins in Paris.

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