Nuggets & bites."Just as some used Christian scripture to support African slavery, so today some use scripture to support homophobia, This is an abuse and misuse of the word of God. "Is it not extraordinary that we as Christians are opposing the rights of persons who desire to marry while others historically privileged to do so seemingly desecrate des·e·crate tr.v. des·e·crat·ed, des·e·crat·ing, des·e·crates To violate the sacredness of; profane. [de- + (con)secrate. the sacrament with countless divorces, remarriages, and annulments? Should we not rejoice that there are those who want to uphold the sanctity of marriage regardless of their gender or sexual orientation sexual orientation n. The direction of one's sexual interest toward members of the same, opposite, or both sexes, especially a direction seen to be dictated by physiologic rather than sociologic forces. ?" --From "God Don't Like Ugly," an opinion column by African-American theology professor Diana Hayes printed in the National Catholic Reporter, October 7 Ellen DeGeneres (responding to Sen. Hillary Clinton's offer to show her around New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. ): "We'll go see some theater, and we'll hang out and do some stuff there. We'll go to clubs." Hillary Clinton: "You'll go to the clubs." --An exchange during a taping of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, October 13 "[California governor Arnold] Schwarzenegger wants to have it both ways, insisting as he vetoed the [marriage equality] bill that California is a leader in 'recognizing and respecting domestic partnerships and the equal rights of domestic partners.' ... It would appear that the pampered pam·per tr.v. pam·pered, pam·per·ing, pam·pers 1. To treat with excessive indulgence: pampered their child. 2. star. used to near-universal adulation ad·u·la·tion n. Excessive flattery or admiration. [Middle English adulacioun, from Old French, from Latin ad as a bodybuilder, actor, and recall-election candidate, is incapable of taking a brave stand in either direction." --From an op-ed by Robert Scheer in the Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). , October 4 "I fell out of love with Bill [Clinton] early in the game--over gays in the military.... I'd had faith in him. I'd been positive he'd never back down. How could he? But then he did, he backed down just like that. He turned out to be just like the others. So that was it. Goodbye, big guy. I'm out of here. Don't even think about calling." --From "After the Love Is Gone," an op-ed by Nora Ephron published in The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times, September 29 |
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