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Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve

Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve phrase: a phrase indicating the notion that only heterosexual relations are valid.

Phrase

Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve

  1. (derogatory, offensive) A phrase indicating the notion that only heterosexual relations are valid.
    • BIBLICAL fundamentalists often dismiss gay people by claiming that "God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve." This remark is probably the full extent of fundamentalist repartee. About three years ago, I decided to take these hard-hearted folks at their words: What if God did make Adam and Steve...1998 December 6, Paul Rudnick, “THEATER; If Sex Has Lost Its Shock Value, How About God?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original...

Origin of Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve

From the Abrahamic Adam and Eve narrative, with Steve, a male name, chosen for the rhyme. Popularized by televangelist Jerry Falwell in the late 1970s United States.

Questions about Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve

What does Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve mean?
Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve means a phrase indicating the notion that only heterosexual relations are valid.
What part of speech is Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve?
Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve is a phrase.

Words near Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve in the dictionary

  1. Adalyn
  2. Adalynn
  3. adam
  4. Adam and Eve
  5. Adam and Eve on a raft
  6. Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve
  7. Adam and Eved
  8. Adam and Eves
  9. Adam and Eving
  10. Adam and Steve
  11. Adam Henry

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