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No homos...anywhere?
This is a great article. I also think it's worth noting that gay culture and hip-hop culture both vie for swathes of political authority from the same figure. The figure they want legitimacy from, whether as greenbacks and benjamins, big decorating budgets, or platinum albums, is other men–or man (yes he is a man–even in an Oprah suit, it's ...
Posted to Music Box by ian.epstein on August 9, 2009
Behavior Trumps the Label of "Orientation"
Labelling a person as 'gay' or 'straight' connotes particular behavior which is deemed 'wired'. But the big issue which Saletan slightly implies is: human freewill determines behavior before and beyond 'orientation' or 'wiring'. ''Wiring'' refers to blinking, breathing, heart rates, so forth. Everything else humans have to learn, ...
Posted to Human Nature by Usama3 on April 1, 2009
No hatred here
''Everyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderers have eternal life in them.'' 1 John 3:15 Heavy language. The Roman Empire Jesus was born into had gay sex but Jesus concentrated on saving souls. What good does it do to make a sinner well behaved (relatively) if the sinner is still going to hell? Gay ...
Posted to XX Factor by GuessWho on December 23, 2008
Immutability Schmootability
In the matter of gay civil rights, why should it matter whether or not homosexuality is genetic? Human beings are famous for going against the grain (whether that grain tends toward the gay or the straight). Doesn't this country protect individual rights, including the right of the individual to choose the partner and create the family and ...
Posted to Human Nature by PipoNYC on November 15, 2008
Michael Sean Winters is correct
As a former (nonabusing) priest educated at the Pontifical College Josephinum (1953-1963), as a schoolmate for six years with Bernard Cardinal Law of Boston who engineered the shocking US molestation cover-up, and as the analytical gay author of many queer books including ''What They Did to the Kid: Confessions of an Altar Boy,'' I can attest as ...
Posted to Recycled by Jack Fritscher on April 18, 2008
Seventeen Year Old Nephew
This one I really do not know how to handle. About three weeks ago my wife and I attended a craftshow at a local fairground. Having to use the facilities I entered the room and noticed two young men having oral sex. One of them looked like my nephew. I was shocked and left immediately. Thinking I might be mistaken because the room was poorly ...
Posted to Dear Prudence by scanerboy on December 31, 2007
Re: Race and IQ
Transboy, I agree there will be Asian, world-class geniuses, in the future. Just not as many per capita, as Europe produces. I think a lot of the reason is biological, but not all. Part of it is definitely cultural. European culture, as Einstein once put it, ''is at the start, based on individualism''. Chinese culture is based on the group. I ...
Posted to Human Nature by Tim Bitts on November 22, 2007
Re: being fat is not the just LOOKS
Actually, if you read Kolata's book (noted NYT health writer-- hardly a lightweight, and the book is meticulously researched), you'll find that there aren't really very many formerly overweight people...I think the current statistics are that 95% of people will regain the weight within 5 years. Sure, they're happy while it lasts, but will it ...
Posted to Dear Prudence by peebee on October 24, 2007
Re: being fat is not the just LOOKS
I recently read Gina Kolata's book ''Rethinking Thin,'' and that, coupled with my own life experience, has led me to the following conclusion. I understand it may be controversial, but I'm having difficulty seeing why the logic doesn't hold up. Being fat is very similar to, if not pretty much the same as, being gay. However, our society has ...
Posted to Dear Prudence by peebee on October 24, 2007
Christian anti-gay workplace harassment costs taxpayers $$$$
Catholic should keep religion out of government. A picture is worth a thousand words. See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MY0i3ILOHA
Posted to Human Nature by Fancy Free on September 13, 2007