"God said,'This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.'" Genesis 9:12,13 (NRSV)
God promises never again to try to destroy all flesh.
This rainbow is also the symbol of the gay community.
And now that AIDS is over it symbolizes the covenant between God and gay people.
And all the peoples of the Earth.
[Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission. All rights reserved.]
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