tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396682199178122530.post8152524383815187285..comments2023-12-28T22:22:42.307-08:00Comments on Nobody In Particular: Side By SideAaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03128359303310478673noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396682199178122530.post-19072044070747361842009-05-07T13:56:00.000-07:002009-05-07T13:56:00.000-07:00Interestingly, TAL ran another aborted return to C...Interestingly, TAL ran another aborted return to Christianity story, this one from sex columnist Dan Savage. He's found comfort from visiting a Catholic church after his mother's death.<br /><br />But he can't return to the sacraments because B16 thinks condoms cause AIDS, and what the Church says about him as a gay man and the son they raise.<br /><br />I suspect that if Savage looked a little closer at what both Benedict actually said about condoms and about what it says about gay people, he might not be so afraid. <br /><br />But it's easier to say the grapes are sour, isn't it?JohnMcGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476537916134121570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396682199178122530.post-66127146509925842002009-05-07T09:10:00.000-07:002009-05-07T09:10:00.000-07:00I think you've nailed it on the head.I think you've nailed it on the head.catnappinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00456347809320165134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396682199178122530.post-76170369955865349482009-05-06T20:13:00.000-07:002009-05-06T20:13:00.000-07:00I don't know. It's strange how one can grow up in ...I don't know. It's strange how one can grow up in a culture, and yet feel that you don't really have more than a superficial understanding of it.<br /><br />All I really understand is that we aren't a unified culture, in part because we don't want to be, except on our own terms, and the more we understand that those terms alienate other people, the more ardently we insist on them.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03128359303310478673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396682199178122530.post-53030815654395932892009-05-05T13:56:00.000-07:002009-05-05T13:56:00.000-07:00I think sometimes that the views always did run th...I think sometimes that the views always did run the gamut...it's just that those in power had soooooo much power that the rest of us dared not open our mouths. So many folks probably pretended to be more middling in their POV. <br /><br />Even now, it's dangerous not to be a white, straight, christian male in this country. <br /><br />OR...it's possible that those on both ends just get more air time...the press doesn't really care about accuracy...they just wanna sell ad time. <br /><br />I'm talking out my ass, of course...since I'm someone whose views have always been considered radical (by those in power), I'm not in a position to say what's actually polar. <br /><br />On this continent...before the christian capitalist came...my views would have been seen as centrist...normal. Funny how that works. In this culture, I'm a commie pinko witch**. If I wasn't into penises, Pat Robertson would've sent a hit squad decades ago. <br /><br />**it's amazing how many christians think all non-christian religions are alike, and that women who aren't christian are automatically assumed to be witches.catnappinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00456347809320165134noreply@blogger.com