Gay-dom and Christianity

My inherent laziness (not something I am proud of, but not ashamed of either) struck long and hard once again. But I have at least one more valid excuse for the long gap between this post and the last one. A new job that has 12 hour long shifts. And I have done more than my fair share of shifts till now because I am being trained. And this has been the first real break I have had. Anyway, this is not about my job.

So the institution of the Church has been shaken up again recently by Gene Robinson, the first openly gay priest. If you ask me, he likes to fuck other men (or boys) and is open about it, which is a whole lot better than those other hypocritical perverts who take advantage of young choir boys singing the lord's praise, while denouncing the decaying moral fibre of society. I heard some of the arguments made by those in the Christian faith who are opposed to homosexuality. The most coherent one was about how the family and family life is the focus of the religion, and how therefore homosexuality does not find a place within it. And while understanding the need for tolerance, it was certainly highly improper that a religious authority be himself indulging in such non-familial behaviour.

I suppose it is for the same family values type reason that many religious figures of the same institution are also up in arms against the plan to appoint women bishops. The Vatican has expressed "regret" at the decision by the Church of England to ordain female bishops. If this is the kind of family that a religion propagates, my stance on religion is vindicated. For those of you who don't know that stance, well, religion is evil, and necessary only because we humans are a pathetic species.

A Lillian Ladele of London, a devout orthodox Christian, works as a registrar of marriages. At work, she refused to register gay marriages (she would ask one of her colleagues to swap with her) since they went against her fundamental religious beliefs. After a while, colleagues lodged a formal complaint with the management, who served her an ultimatum. She filed a case in the court (paid for by the Christian Institute) against the council she worked for, for discriminating against her on religious grounds. And she won the fucking case!!

In this light, I find it highly amusing that an Iranian man was recently trying to seek asylum in the UK (after his visa expired) on the grounds that he was gay and would be executed upon his return to Iran. Last I heard, they were not going to grant his wish... I wonder what became of him.