BeatingUpwind on Nostr: Ah, the irony… The guy who gave homophobes their cherished bible was actively ...
Ah, the irony… The guy who gave homophobes their cherished bible was actively bisexual…
“The King James Version of the Bible is the preferred version of many fundamentalist Christian churches — and the one being hawked by Donald Trump in a “God Bless the USA” edition … But what some promoters of the King James Version don’t realize or — at least ignore — is the queerness of the king who commissioned it.
“James, known formally as King James I of England and King James VI of Scotland, would likely be understood as bisexual today.”
https://apple.news/AD8w7-teMT5qvkuufzJS8pg
#LGBThistory #LGBT #LGBTQ #homophobia #bigotry #christians #christianity #history #queer #QueerHistory
“The King James Version of the Bible is the preferred version of many fundamentalist Christian churches — and the one being hawked by Donald Trump in a “God Bless the USA” edition … But what some promoters of the King James Version don’t realize or — at least ignore — is the queerness of the king who commissioned it.
“James, known formally as King James I of England and King James VI of Scotland, would likely be understood as bisexual today.”
https://apple.news/AD8w7-teMT5qvkuufzJS8pg
#LGBThistory #LGBT #LGBTQ #homophobia #bigotry #christians #christianity #history #queer #QueerHistory