One of the reasons I found the "gay brownshirts" argument so frustrating is that it's a distraction from the fight I really want to have with Mark Shea and other orthodox Catholics. I want to know why they think gay people are required to be chaste, why homosexual relationships are 'intrinsically disordered.' Mark put out a call to his commenters on my behalf for reading recommendations. My questions are a little unusual, as I don't think it's necessarily wrong to limit the behavior … [Read more...]
What are we going to do about homosocial friendship?
May 21, 2012 By 18 Comments
Last night was the season finale of Sherlock (which I hope you were all watching), and, in one sequence, Sherlock and Watson end up handcuffed together. As they clasp hands and start running, Watson shakes his head and mutters, "We're never going to hear the end of this." Watson's frustration that everyone assumes he and Sherlock are, ahem, involved is shared by Maureen Ryan, who wrote at HuffPo that the "not-that-we're-gay" joke that follows around male-partners-in-crime (or crime solving) … [Read more...]
My Radical Homosexual Agenda for the Military
May 17, 2012 By 40 Comments
Mark Shea is in agreement with Rod Dreher that Obama and the Dems are mounting a serious assault on the religious liberty of military chaplains. Quoth Dreher (quoting the news first): The Obama administration “strongly objects” to provisions in a House defense authorization bill that would prohibit the use of military property for same-sex “marriage or marriage-like” ceremonies, and protect military chaplains from negative repercussions for refusing to perform ceremonies that conflict … [Read more...]
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