Making minor deities disappear in a puff of logic since 1972
Sun, 12 Aug 2007
Why Homosexuality Is A Choice
If homosexuality wasn't a choice, then there would be something indelibly wrong with the conservatives who end up having homosexual affairs.
Clearly, should you get caught having a homosexual tryst, it's better to have had a "momentary lapse of judgement as a sinner" than to simply admit that you're occassionally (or constantly) attracted to the opposite sex.
When I read "The Scarlet Letter" in high school, I remember (I now admit, idealistically) thinking that the "Arthur Dimmesdale" character was a quaint artifact that could have only existed in socially ignorant and backwards puritanical societies like 17th century New England.
(The simple mindset I had at the time was-- if your religion forbids it, then don't do it. If you're compelled to act against your religion, repudiate it for violating the deeply held desires of your heart.)
Thinking back on it, I realize that Hawthorne had his finger on a human condition everpresent in our society.
Allen, Foley, Haggard, McGreevey, although you lack the pity that Hawthorne was able to generate for Dimmesdale, I'm talking about you.
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Khan -- writes: "Craig's List"
Yet another advocate of the religious right goes down in a gay-sex scandal. To quote Shakespeare they "doth protest too much, methinks". Rather than being the exception, it seems the right is full of closeted gay-bashers. I think the safe presumption from here on out is, "if you speak out against same-sex marriage or homosexuality, it's likely a tacit admission of your own denial".
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