As a society we have been very lax in the way we view the laws clearly spelled out in the Old Testament. We have selectively chosen to ignore those that are inconvenient by telling ourselves, “that was then, this is now” or “Jesus changed all that.” No more excuses. It’s time to take a stand.
Leviticus tells us important, eternal truths:
- “…and the swine, though it divides the hoof, having cloven hooves, yet does not chew the cud, is unclean to you.” (Leviticus 11:7. That means no barbeque for you Southerners.)
- “You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination.” (Lev. 18:22. Presumably it’s okay for lesbians, since the scripture only mentions men.)
- “Do not wear material woven of two kinds of material.” (Lev. 19:19. That means no more cotton/polyester blend white dress shirts. Although the scripture doesn’t say so explicitly, clearly the short-sleeved ones are the worst.)
- “Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.” (Lev. 19:27. Goodbye, Hair Cuttery.)
- “For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.” (Lev. 20:9. No more teenagers!)
But there is one abomination in particular that bothers me. It is so important it covers three full verses in Leviticus:
- “But all in the seas or in the rivers that do not have fins and scales, all that move in the water or any living thing which is in the water, they are an abomination to you.” (Lev.11:10)
“They [shellfish] shall be an abomination to you; you shall not eat their flesh, but you shall regard their carcasses as an abomination.” (Lev. 11:11)
“Whatever in the water does not have fins or scales; that shall be an abomination to you.” (Lev. 11:12)
It’s time to take a stand against the abominations so clearly stated in Leviticus. I call for a boycott of Red Lobster restaurants across the country. They make sinning seem to be a family event, something we should all rejoice in! The Bible clearly tells us that any family that believes eating shrimp, lobster, clams, crabs, calamari, and scallops is normal has clearly lost its way.
If the courts can’t read the Bible and won’t close these establishments, it’s up to us to stay away from them and force them out of business. Click to find the Red Lobster nearest you so you can not eat there.
It’s all about The Family.
It is a good thing we have modern revelation to keep us straight.
The Family:A Proclamation to the World
http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?locale=0&sourceId=1aba862384d20110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&vgnextoid=e1fa5f74db46c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD
I have no argument with the Proclamation and I have no argument with modern revelation. I would have no argument with a Proclamation on Shellfish unless it sought to define what is and is not a shellfish and then insisted that shimp were okay but lobster is not legitimate and therefore sought to take away everyone in the world’s legal right to eat them. One could argue that modern revelation trumps Red Lobster, which is a perfectly legitimate belief and a true test of faith. You can stop eating lobster, but it is still shellfish.
According to most people’s interpretation, The Proclamation on the Family outlines the LDS view of what a family is, and presumably is not. Unfortunately, many billions of people in the past, present, and future don’t fall into that very narrow view, which would seem to make God a bit shortsighted. I believe in a more expansive definition of what is a family.
Whatever a family’s form, whenever children are involved there is one sentence in the Proclamation that we should all take with total seriousness:
“Parents have a sacred duty to rear their children in love and righteousness, to provide for their physical and spiritual needs, and to teach them to love and serve one another, observe the commandments of God, and be law-abiding citizens wherever they live.”
Thank goodness that doesn’t require two parents of the same sex, or even two parents or we’d be in a mess of trouble. Also, heaven knows there are many husband-wife couples who have not managed to meet that most basic obligation.
A legal same-sex married couple in Iowa, Canada, Spain, Netherlands, South Africa, Argentina, and so on is still a family, even if it does not fit the very narrow LDS ideal. The God I have been taught to believe in would not turn his back on families that do not meet that narrow ideal and he would be quite angry with anone who sought to destroy any kind of family whose members love and care for one another. All families in the world need the help of everyone with their struggle to love each other and care for the children and others under their stewardship. What they don’t need is shunning.