LINK: If you haven't seen this curmudgeonly clerk post in response to people who try and quote silly Old Testament laws to prove that we should ignore everything in the Old Testament (or whatever it is that the particular interlocutor thinks should be ignored, in this case, prohibitions against homosexuality), you absolutely must. It's brilliant:
"Secondly, the comparative proposition being put forward is argumentatively flawed. The basic premise of the argument is that if one accepts the Old Testament's condemnation of homosexuality, then one must endorse all other moral teachings located in the Old Testament as well, or else be guilty of cafeteria Christianity. But, of course, if a Christian were to cite Deuteronomy 5:17 in support of the proposition that murder is morally wrong, no one would derisively countercite Leviticus 11:9-12 and think it a sensible let alone clever refutation. In short, we all readily accept some principles from the Old Testament while discarding others and seldom if ever think twice about it."
"Thou shalt not extinguish thine anger, but shall master it,
that thy conscience may not be blunted by adjustment
to wrong causes."
-The Dutch Ten Commandments to Foil the Nazis
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