Martin sheen west wing rant on religion and gays

There’s a great scene in “The Midterms” episode of the TV Series The West Wing – where President Bartlet takes a Christian talk show host to task over her position on homosexuality by throwing some challenging Old Testament dilemmas her way. In the clip from the show, which ran from toPresident Josiah Bartlet, played by Martin Sheens, lectures talk radio host Dr. Jenna Jacobs, played by Claire Yarlett, about her views on homosexuality.

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“I like your show. I like how you call homosexuality an abomination,” Bartlet scoffed. Martin Sheen portrays President Josiah Bartlett who, like Sheen, is supposedly a devout Catholic. Nonetheless, when a conservative talk show host appeals to the Bible to support her views on Homosexuality, Bartlett’s religious facade quickly falls to the wayside. The President speaking about his views of the Bible on the hit TV show "The West Wing".

In the episode being honored by the RCC, which aired Sept. 19,President Bartlett, played by Martin Sheen, rails at God while standing in the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., following the funeral for his longtime secretary, who was killed in a traffic accident. First, nowhere in Scripture is there any suggestion that we should kill family members for failing to heed Levitical laws regarding seeding and sewing.

In real life, however, there is an answer. Does that surprise you?

Another form of aid was interest-free loans Exodus ; Deuteronomy One would think this would be old news by now, but a twenty year old television clip continues to make waves today. All, that is, except one — a woman with strikingly blond hair, wearing a bright green suit. One last thing. Can I burn my mother in a small family gathering for wearing garments made from two different threads? By implication she therefore is not qualified to speak on matters of personal faith and morals.

It appears she has a better grasp of biblical hermeneutics than that displayed by the president. Like bacterial infections, these diseases are easily transmitted by oral-genital religion, genital-anal contact and oral-anal contact. My chief of staff Leo McGarry insists on working on the Sabbath. Friends, there is a good reason why the Bible has stood the test of time.

For example, a similar law in Deuteronomy forbids plowing with a donkey and an ox in the west wing rant yolk. In 1 TimothyNor would it be a problem for observant Jews as modern footballs are made out of leather, not pigskin. The impact of this encounter between Dr. Are you an M. For what do martin sheen and wickedness have in common?

Published July 22, February 17, As Hebrews and gays us that:. Touching the skin of a dead pig makes one unclean, Leviticus Like Loading Am I morally obligated to kill him myself or is it OK to call the police? Once again he attempts to seduce an audience of more than 11 million with emotive rhetoric. Jun 25, Christian Articles. Log in now. The tacit but obvious conclusion is that the outdated Scriptures provide no authoritative or relevant guidance for our lives today in the post-Christian, postmodern world.