Ross Douthat is a scary smart human... read his post on sexual morality.
Douthat on Sex
Sunday March 16, 2008
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both of them
. . . and both of them affirming that "marriage" is immutably a man and a woman. No phobia need apply. Just plain Biblical fact.
"Is there anywhere in the Bible from Old Testament to New, where a prostitute was seriously condemned for what "she" did?"
If you read John 8:11, you see that yes, Jesus forgives the adulterous woman, but does it on the condition that she go away and "sin no more".
People always seem to forget that last part.
I should add, too, that over in "Virtual Talmud" there is an article on the condemnation of prostitution in Jewish tradition (in regard to the Old Testament part of your question.
I apologize for not putting this all in one post, but it just hit me what you said,
"Jesus is related to quite a few prostitutes"
Um, I don't remember reading that in the New Testament. "Quite a few"?? Would you mind tossing me the chapters and verses? Thanks.
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