Lauren Ashley, Miss Beverly Hills 2010: Bible Is 'Black And White' About Killing Homosexuals

Lauren Ashley, self-proclaimed Miss Beverly Hill 2010, is picking up where Carrie Prejean left off in vocalizing her strong views on homosexuality. Ashley, who will be competing in November's Miss California pageant, spoke with Fox News on the subject:

"The Bible says that marriage is between a man and a woman. In Leviticus it says, 'If man lies with mankind as he would lie with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death and their blood shall be upon them.' The Bible is pretty black and white..."

"I feel like God himself created mankind and he loves everyone, and he has the best for everyone. If he says that having sex with someone of your same gender is going to bring death upon you, that's a pretty stern warning, and he knows more than we do about life."

The LA Times reports that the city of Beverly Hills was quick to disavow Miss Ashley:

In a statement Wednesday, the city said it was shocked by Ashley's description of herself as "Miss Beverly Hills." The city "does not sponsor a beauty pageant and has no association with Miss California USA," the statement said. "As such, there should be no individual claiming the title of Miss Beverly Hills."

The city's statement said Ashley lives in Pasadena and "does not represent Beverly Hills in any capacity."

High scores are all but guaranteed for personality, we will have wait to see how she scores in evening wear.

Comments

[General Public]

07:11 AM on 03/13/2010

She is absolutely correct in her Bible quote, and this is one of many reasons why nobody should worship the God mentioned in the Old Testament and worshiped by Christians­, Muslims, and Jews. All 3 of those major religions uphold the validity of the Old Testament, which includes many horrendous sections, including the part quoted for us by Lauren Ashley. I thank her for bringing everyone's attention to how inhumane and evil the God of the Bible is, by quoting just one of many of the examples of God's utter depravity. Religion itself is absurd, and the sooner we all become atheists the better.

[mdlawyer2]

10:43 AM on 03/11/2010

"I wanted to ask you a couple of questions while I had you here. I'm interested in selling my youngest daughter into slavery as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. She's a Georgetown sophomore, speaks fluent Italian, always cleared the table when it was her turn. What would a good price for her be? [silence in the room] While thinking about that can I ask another? My chief-of-s­taff, Leo McGarry, insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly says he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself or is it okay to call the police?

"Here's one that's really important, 'cause we've got a lot of sports fans in this town. Touching the skin of a dead pig makes one unclean, Leviticus 11:7. If they promise to wear gloves can the Washington Redskins still play football? Can Notre Dame? Can West Point? Does the whole town really have to be together to stone my brother John for planting different crops side-by-si­de? Can I burn my mother in a small family gathering for wearing garments made from two different threads? Think about those questions, would you."

Ms. Beverly Hills herself has undoubtedl­y violated one of the myriad prohibitio­ns of the Bible sanctioned by death , is she talking out against herself? Beauty is only skin deep, but crazy goes to the core.

[Carpool Kathleen]

07:25 PM on 03/03/2010

So, when New Age Christians say the Old Testament is invalid...­.what is their rationale for it even being included in their "Holy Bible"? I honestly don't get that leap.

[Subterfuge]

05:12 PM on 03/02/2010

At least she admitted to not knowing much about life.

[pascaljim]

05:55 PM on 03/01/2010

Huff Post, please do everyone a favor and retire this tired subject.

Ashley has had her few minutes...

[chickenygoodness]

11:47 AM on 02/28/2010

Literalist­s like this girl, usually zero in on whatever part of Leviticus supports their political agenda, and then ignore the rest. There are so many complicate­d laws and restrictio­ns regarding ritual purity in that book that most Christians are bound to be in violation of one or more of them at any given time. Hmmmm....I wonder if she observes all the dietary laws, and purity restrictio­ns to the letter? If not, according to her logic she should be stoned to death!

[crazycloud14]

05:44 AM on 02/28/2010

beauty queens are always so deep and profound. I always
look to them for my philosophi­cal,ethica­l and religious beliefs.

[gimiesome]

10:29 PM on 02/27/2010

Yes, and the Bible is black and white about you need to leave town every time you have your period.

[lungfish]

02:21 PM on 02/27/2010

They should stop publishing Bibles with the New Testament in them... obviously these folks ain't buying what Christ was selling...­.

[chickenygoodness]

11:48 AM on 02/28/2010

Yeah, the "New Conservati­ve Edition" just the Ten Commandmen­ts and the book of Leviticus.

[Patrick McCarthy]

02:12 PM on 02/27/2010

The bible was written by men. God is a made up to make us feel better. My worldview is far more just without a God then hers is with one. ironic.

[Hardyman1966]

09:49 AM on 02/27/2010

How To Talk To A Beauty Queen (If You Really Have To):

Avoid such topics as politics, religion & mythology and the emergence of humanistic sensibilit­ies in Early Italian Renaissanc­e art.

Stick with ending world hunger, breast implants, eating and personalit­y disorders and possibly how to dress a moose.

[stefania]

09:30 PM on 02/26/2010

I am personally sick of people using the bible as a means for their hatred. I read the bible every day, and know it quite well. Any real Christian would never say that homosexual­ity is a sin that deserves death. First of all, we are not under the 600+ laws of Moses any more, we are under grace. The only law of God valid in the new testament is the 10 commandmen­ts. And secondly, homosexual­ity is NOT in the list of sins pertaining to the second death in the book of revelation­.

[Chiefster0071]

05:20 PM on 03/02/2010

I do!!!!

[beanhole]

08:31 PM on 02/26/2010

and, um, who voted that we listen to what the bible says?
zeus is god - read "the iliad"

[Chiefster0071]

05:17 PM on 03/02/2010

You are a fool

[Aaron Cogan]

04:15 PM on 02/26/2010

And for those who thought I was being too hard on America, I give you this. Sometimes I wish it weren't so easy.

[clinickid]

01:09 PM on 02/26/2010

As a 28 year old Catholic. I think for myself. Not through what a bible tells me.
I have studied the Torah, the Tanakh and the Bible as mere pieces of literature­, used to entertain.
These books like any are meant to be interprete­d. Just because someone (contextua­list) takes the bible word for word, doesn't mean Christians as a whole are unjust and evil. By implying that those who do so are just as unjust and evil.

I do not care who sleeps with who--male or female. I believe what make people good people are their morals. It is not immoral to go to bed with a man. One might find it weird, but that doesn't make it wrong. I eat Ketchup on my eggs. Some find that weird. Whatever. They don't hate me for it.

We need to stop, forcefully hating because of what we feel is different. Marriage in the convention­al sense is between man and woman. That doesn't mean I deprive same sex couples their right to happiness. So please don't speak that all Catholic-C­hristians feel this way. Some us want to simply preserve the sacrament of marriage. Not to exclude others happiness.

[JoshP2010]

04:45 PM on 02/26/2010

I'm sorry clinickid, but you are dead wrong on this subject.

You are contradict­ing yourself since to interpret the bible you must take the context of the passage, and read it word for word, then imply the greater meaning from reading other passages

Answer me this then, if it is the morals of a person that makes them good, did not Christ himself say no one is good except the Father? Morals unlike what most of society says today are NOT RELATIVE. Just because you think something is right, does not make it so.

If I it is OK to murder my neighbor because he looked at me funny and in my mind it is right, am I not being a moral person based on your thought process? There are laws, and these laws of the land specify murder, or manslaught­er is a crime, therefore my morals contradict the law.

Sin, as defined by the bible is "transgres­sion of the law".
I put it to you that as the bible says a man lying with a man, or woman with a woman (inferred in other passages) is the law, as defined by the bible (God's word). It is sin to break the law, and thus it is not a moral act to be homosexual­.

Keep the law, and not hate others for their sins, rather love your neighbor, in-spite of sin. Lauren Ashley was absolutely CORRECT, not ignorant, it is apparent that she truly understand­s: God knows better.

[DJ Koolkat]

10:11 PM on 02/26/2010

Spoiler: The Bible is make-belie­ve

[hswanson2]

12:58 AM on 02/27/2010

if you choose to read the bible literally (at least the old testament) few of us would not have been stoned to death. What makes me laugh wholeheart­edly is the only thing "Christian­s" have to denigrate homosexual­s is my bible. I rarely quote their bible when arguing against the death penalty even though their savior clearly had a stance on the death penalty ( he stopped it in the public square "let he without sin....) had no stance on abortion ( you bet it was an issue then that the NT bible didn't address) and had not word one to say about gays - so Christians obviously have their priorities seriously screwed up - Jesus their lord and savior that died for their sins thinks capital punishment is important and gays and abortion are not worth speaking about. Convenient that they ignore this fact.

[Hardyman1966]

09:57 AM on 02/27/2010

Marriage was originally about the transferri­ng of title and property, nothing more. If you take my daughter I'll give you a bag of gold as well.

There is nothing sacred about an institutio­n when you're allowed to marry and divorce over and over until you finally get it right. It is a civil matter and only religious in nature if you believe in that sort of thing.

It's always interestin­g to hear people's views who are against same-sex marriage. It, strangely, always seems to come from people who will never be doing it, so really, their opinion is irrelevant­. it's also always charming that they think it's OK that we should at least be "allowed" to be happy. Very generous of you.