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Oprah Grapples with Gift of Gay |
01/08/09
Seriously, I'm sick of all her subtle moralizing and eye rolls over gay issues. If they said being black was a gift from God she wouldn't object. You know one of these days she's slip and give a Dr. Laura-esque "biological error" speech, and the gays will desert her.
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Either way, I think the reason why people get so bent out of shape is because a lot of Christians use the fact that the bible says this as an excuse to be hateful homophobes. (see: Jamaica. They are FIERCELY homophobic down there, and it's becuase it's a religious culture.) But that's not right, either. I think that what you do in your private life is whatever, I'm still going to embrace you as a friend, brother, etc. But I don't think I would go so far as to say it was a gift. But at the same time, I don't think you should condemn someone and cut them off because of their sexual orientation.
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Whatever. In response to your new twist, thanks for not hating us, and also you cant have it both ways. Either you take everything in the Bible literally, or you acknowledge that the bit about not being gay might not be quite as important as the bit with the Commandments. You decide.
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I wish that more gay men would understand all that and not be so snarky all the time about everything all the time.
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Oh, I will.
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Sorry Jews. You got the butt end of life's stick there. That's gooood shit.
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THAT is a gift from god.
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NO WOMEN WILL DATE THEM. Women cry on the shoulders of their gay boyfriends, then they hop on a harley and date Flynn the bartender, who answers the question "hey, are you dating anyone else right now?" with a wave and a marlboro.
01/07/09
See? We're not so different.
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@MattGaymon: not me, man. I want that asshole at the bar peeps was describing, and to hell with the consequences
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Of course being gay has absolutely nothing to do with being a pedophile, which isn't entirely clear from your comment.
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Azilaw, take your God-fearing, homophobic icks somewhere else. God hates everyone equally. And this isn't Sunday School, so put your Bible away, preferably up your ass.
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No bow, plain paper bag with some kind of friggin' grease stain on it, and he left the price tag on to boot.
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Of course, then there are the whole literally vs. metaphorically interpreting the bible. The point: no one fucking knows.
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A notion she fully supported (until she found out I was gay.)
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But there's a lot of precedent. If one assumes that God's plan unfolds through history, one also assumes that each separate scripture is given to the world at the time that it's required, and that it's not an immutable document, but can be forgotten when it's no longer a part of the divine plan.
It's happened a TON of times before. After all, Jesus himself wrapped up the old Jewish law in a neat little bow, and then just said "okay, let's just leave that alone FOREVER."
01/07/09
At one point in the NT, Saint Paul admonishes a slave to return to his master. This and other such gems were widely used in the Antebellum South to justify slavery. Yet oddly enough, no contemporary Christian denomination is willing to stand by it, even those with a wearying adherence to biblical literalism. So interpretation is OK for that, but not for manlove? Sorry, kiddies, if you insist on literalism, either it's all true or none of it is.
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You know that. I know that. Biblical literalists go through all kinds of gyrations to avoid it.
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But yah, literalists are crazy. It's hilarious to hear people say "God's word is immutable, and not for man to change" and then read from a document which has been pieced together by Vatican Council.
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(For anyone who have neither the interest nor the reason to be acquainted with the history of Christianity, the Anglican Church was created when Henry VIII separated the Church of England from the Roman Catholics because the Pope wouldn't allow him to get a divorce -- in other words, our church was created for the express purpose of redefining marriage).
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What? I'm a single woman in my 30s in New York. At least half my friends made me watch the damn thing.
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