you->That could be cnsidered putting words in Jesus' mouth wouldnt you say?
Matthew 23:33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? Looks like the bible says Jesus said that. Except he used serpenst instead of snakes. The words he chose were symbolic
He called them less than human (a snake). How is that symbolic? How do you know Mr. Miner wasn't speaking 'symbolicly' also? You don't. According to all the commentaries I could find (7 or 8) Jesus was telling the people that the pharisees were more like snakes than like men. They were evil, poisoness, brutal, vicious etc. I don't see anything symbolic about it.
Whatever... You can call them whatever you want.
Jesus wouldnt call a homosexual a sub-human.