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Bible open to gays, scholar says
By Scott Andre
t.mo*aid Roportc*
A former Baptist minister said last Thursday
that despite what members of the religious right
contend, the Bible does not condemn gay men and
lesbian women.
The Rev. Dr. Buddy Turluck. a biblical scholar
who holds a doctorate in theology brought this
message to the University Thursday night
Speaking before about 25 people in the (a-rlinger
Mall lounge. Turluck. who is gay. said religious
extremists incorrectly translate and apply several
biblical verses to condemn and reject gay men and
lesbian women.
For example, Turluck said many people mistak
enly assume the Bible condemns sexual inter
i ourse between men anil that God destroyed the
(11v of Sodom because homosexual activities
occurred there
Turluck said ibis view come* from an inaccurate
translation of Genesis 19 f». In Genesis I‘i r>. the
[ample me aware of Turku k said the phrase, as
used in Genesis probably meant the people of
Sodom were afraid of the stronger* and wanted to
[jerseCUto them
However. Turku k said modern translations of
Genesis, sut h as the S’t’n Ament an Standard
Ihhle and the Good Sens lit hie say the phrase 'to
know" means "to have sexual intercourse
Turluck said the biblical phrase "to know
< oriii's from the Hebrew word "vado" and simply
means "to become aware of." Turluck said the
phrase, as used in Genesis, probably meant the
people of Sodom were afraid of the strangers and
wanted to persecute them.
Therefore. Turluck said (k)d really punished the
people of Sodom for persecuting a small group of
isolated strangers He compared the isolated and
persecuted strangers in Genesis to today's homo
sexual community.
A leader of the religious right disagrees with
Turluck's interpretation of the Bible.
"I don't think that the one true God would have
destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities of
the plains simply because they were inhos
pitable," said Lon Mahon. Oregon Citizens
Alliance director. In telephone Saturday. "It is
nowhere stated in the scripture that that is the ma
son."
Mahon said the word "know" is usad literally
dozens of times " to describe sexual relations, and
Christianity clearly teaches homosexuality is a sin.
Speaking Thursday night. Turluck said opinions
like those espoused by Mahon make gay men and
women hale themselves and "reject church like
ilt'sl the plague l m hn k s.ud he hoped his leach- **
mgs change those feelings and help gay people
realize the Bible is then friend.
Neat 111*• end >ii Turluck's lecture. Bob Gray e
t tniversitv student, thanked the reverend for bring
ing his message of religious acceptance to Eugene.
"I was on m\ knees for seven years, praying that
I would change, but it never happened." Gray said.
Turluck acknowledged the thanks and finished
his lecture.
"Mv first line o( < oncem is to empower gays and
lesbians to love themselves." he said.
Jackie Balz.er. educational and support services
i oordinator with the dean of students office, said
she invited Turluck to campus as part of a contin
uing effort to provide support to gay. lesbian and
bisexual students at the University.
University fixing waste problem
By Dernian McLean
femes aM3 H*spof!e<
After lieingt ited for throe vio
lations of staff! guidelines on
hazardous waste storage lust Jan
uary. the University has solved
two-thirds of the problem
At the behest of the Depart
ment of Environmental Quality,
certain air filters at the Universi
ty Physical Plant will now he
disposed of as hazardous waste
The filters, used in the plant’s
paint room, were formerly
nagged and thrown out for cilv
trash pickup.
Also, three to four pounds of
unlabeled hazardous waste were
removed from University stor
age Feb 12. as requested by the
DEQ The unlabeled waste
caught the eye of state officials
last fanuorv during a surprise
inspection of the University's
waste storage fai ilith-s
Thomas links, associate
dirts tor of the University Office
of Public Safety, said depart
ments throughout the Universi
ty produc o hazardous wastes
every term — lab solvents from
the chemistry department, chlo
roform from biology, and corro
sive acids from fine arts jewelry
classes an- examples.
These wastes are then stored
in the University ’s Environmen
tal Health and Safety building,
located beside Onyx Bridge Ide
ally. hazardous wastes are later
shipped off to disposal facilities
around the stale.
However, some hazardous
wastes are harder to get rid of
than others. The University cur
rently is holding about 100
pounds of mercuric chloride
and can't find anyone to lake it
away. Mercuric chloride is a
heavy metallic compound some
times ust<d in organic chemistry
labs For almost five months, the
waste has sal on campus, a peri
od almost twice as long as
alloyvahle by state regulations
Thanks to the Hl'il federal
Clean Air Act. state waste incin
erators can no longer accept
mercuric chloride. Thus, the
University has found itself in a
cal< h-22 situation: The state
says get rid of the waste, but fed
eral law prohibits most disposal
sites from taking it.
Thus, the University will con
tinue to stand in violation of the
DEC} until .1 solution is reached
David Livengood. an environ
mental health specialist with the
University, said he sees no relief
in sight.
"There's no evidence that
contractors will begin taking
mercuric chloride again," he
said. “We're at a loss here. We’ll
have to give some time to com
ing up with a creative solution."
However, Livengood said con
tinued storage of the mercuric
i hloride poses no threat. The
DEQ time limits on storage are
designed to keep waste from pil
ing up to dangerous levels, and
the storage building still has free
space, he said.
Freshman Seminars
DUCK CALL Registration for Spring Term
February 22,1993 - March 12,1993
ARE 199
MI'S 199
CSPY 199
PHIL 199
CUN 199
ENG 199
INTI. lW
PHYS 199
Public Arl and the Making of Place
The Complete Film Experience: Understanding the
Manner in which Drama, Photography, and Music Work
Together to Form the Whole
Journey to the Self
Nietzsche’s Zarathustra
Literature, Law and Sometimes Justice
Crucial Human Issues in Our Culture
The Vietnam Phenomenon: Migrating Images
and Alternative Perspectives
The Search for Extraterrestrial Life: from the Fiery Birth
to the Big Crunch
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