clobber passage
n.— «The familiar Old Testament clobber passage had been misused by Robertson, Falwell, and other “selective literalists” to condemn homosexuality, but this Presbyterian literalist was going all the way.» —by Mel White Stranger at the Gate: To Be Gay and Christian in America Apr. 1, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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