No thanks, I'll pass. I think I know (without unreliable ancient writings) how to be a decent human being.

No joke but I'm reading the Bible from cover to cover. (Not literally because I found the King James' version online, but you get my drift.) I figure it's about time and so far so good. I'm only about 1/4 of the way through, so I can't weigh in on the Biblical significance, but one thing I have noticed is that, just in the beginning of the Old Testament...there sure are a lot of rules that modern Christians don't follow, from something like the types of food we eat to stuff like observing Passover properly and eating leavened bread.

How do you rectify all that? Honestly?

Tristan - You will answer some day and not to me.

estimatedprophet - Whatever. You aren't worth arguing with.

Everyone have a safe and great weekend!

According to Leviticus "farmers are not to reap to the edge of the field."?

Would you put to death those who "shave their beards" or have "tattoos"? Both forbidden in Leviticus.

Do you believe "slavery" is ok, women are "property" of men and "adulterers" be put to death?

If any of your friends or family read horoscopes would you "stone" them?

Finally, if you were in a room that I entered, would you follow the directive of Leviticus, "Rise in the presence of the aged."

My children can camp with, be taught by and befriend homosexuals. Perhaps one of my children may be homosexual. Who knows? But I will love and accept them no matter what. However, my children can't camp with pedaphiles and/or religious right wackos.

The definition of marriage IS that it is between a man and a woman . People have tried to change the definition and most states have had elections and the people have voted not to change it. There is no reason why people want to fight this if gay people can have the same rights without calling it marriage. My only objections are marriage, adopting children and things like the whole Boy Scout fiasco. People have a right to not want their children camping with homosexuals. The only thing I can do is to continue to vote against it and tell as many people as I can how wrong gay marriage is. People like you Colleen make me want to fight even harder. YOU are the one who wants to redefine marriage.

And I have said repeatedly that others may believe what they want (for you gay marriage is wrong) but not impose it on others - which is what you are doing by defining marriage as only between a man and a woman.

TB - nativios comment to Bob made me smile. Bob's reply made me laugh. I'm sure Bob will appreciate your clarification!!

TB - You are just trying to pick a fight because you know what I mean. You can drill a hole in a piece of wood and call it your partner or whatever but I don't need to know about it and you can't marry it.

Raider - 'as long as no special treatment is given due to being gay'. You must mean that gay couples should not be given the same rights as hetero couples. Giving homosexual couples the same rights does not give them preferential treatment in any way; rather it treats them the same as all others. My brother is 60 years old, just found out he has terminal brain cancer. He's being cared for by his life partner. Yes, he's gay and he's been with Jimmy for years and years. They don't bother anybody, they don't ask for special treatment. I guess that doesn't matter in Raider and Bob's worlds.

Folks, believe me, I have an interest in seeing Warren well-represented. As the city goes, so will the surrounding areas (where I live.) I now realize that I do not want to see someone as ill-informed, ignorant, and untruthful as Bob appears to be in a position with any sort of power. Especially if that position in any way deals with "African-Americans" in his constituency. I have a hard time believing that Bob will represent "African-Americans" to the best of his abilities.

I have no ties to any campaign or any candidate anywhere in the local area, and never have. I simply can't abi

Bob's comment that was removed was posted just prior to my comment at 12:07 on 6/20. My 3 comments from 12:07-12:13 were direct responses to Bob. If you examine my comments, you can see what I was responding to, unlike Bob who has a hard time responding to anything specific.

In his comment, Bob assumed I was African-American (I am not) and that I do not support myself financially (I do). He mentioned how certain groups of people were bringing America down. If you examine previous comments in that article, you will get the tenor of who he was referring to.

Bob also went on to post about Africa essentially being some backwards, in the dark continent where they could not even get water from the ocean for their basic needs. Bob grasps a basic knowledge of the difference between fresh water and salt water.

He is totally backpedaling because he now realizes that his comments on this website could be particularly damning should someone do a little research.

As nativio pointed out, you can gather Bob's stance on a variety of issues based on what he posts in these comments. I'd like to point out that Bob, who claims he is being smeared, felt the need to put "African-Americans" in quotes.

My reason for continuing to challenge Bob is so that he understands that if he is going to blather on and on and make nearly uninformed and/or bigoted, racist comments, then he is going to be challenged on these comments.

I'll show my responses to something Bob posted that was removed due to racist content.