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Ian McKellen lets rip on Bible's anti-gay text

Tue 3 Nov 2009 In: International News

Veteran gay UK actor Sir Ian McKellen says he rips out a certain page from the Bible in each hotel he says in - and now some of his fans are doing the same. Wicked wizard: Sir Ian McKellen Leviticus 18:22 says 'Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind - it is an abomination'. Sir Ian tears the page out, he told Details magazine: "I'm not proudly defacing the book, but it's a choice between removing that page and throwing away the whole Bible." Now it seems his fans are doing the same. "I got delivered a package of 40 of those pages that had been torn out by a married couple I know. They put them on a bit of string so that I could hang it up in the bathroom," he laughs. Sir Ian McKellen's full interview with Details magazine is here.    

Credit: GayNZ.com Daily News Staff

First published: Tuesday, 3rd November 2009 - 10:04am

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