Adam and Steve

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"Adam and Steve" is a phrase that originated from a conservative Christian slogan "God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve", intended to concisely summarize Judeo-Christian Bible-based arguments against gay sexual practices or homosexuality.[1] Among other things, it implies that the natural way of life for humanity is illustrated by the Biblical account of the creation of human beings as a male-female pair.

History

The phrase appeared, on a protest sign, as early as 1977, as mentioned in a New York Times news service report about a November 19 rally in Houston that year.[2] Two years later, Jerry Falwell gave the phrase wider circulation in a Christianity Today report of a press conference he had given.[3] The phrase later acquired a certain notoriety, and, when used to name a pair of characters in a work of fiction, helps to identify them as members of a homosexual pair (Paul Rudnick's play The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told,[4] the 2005 film Adam & Steve and other works). The phrase was used by the Democratic Unionist Party MP David Simpson during the British House of Commons' debate on same-sex marriage, although a slip of the tongue originally saying "in the Garden of Eden, it was Adam and Steve" initially caused laughter in the chamber.[5]

See also

References

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  3. David L. Balch, Homosexuality, Science, and the "plain Sense" of Scripture, (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2000) p22
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Further reading

  • Katha Pollitt, Adam and Steve — Together at Last, The Nation, 15 December 2003.


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