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.
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cut religion some slack. it's the only socially acceptable way of indulging one's depravities for those who do care about social acceptability and recognise social norms.
social acceptability... mob mentality... strength in numbers because on your own, you got no balls. yea, i suppose it could be cut some slack on account of being pathetically weak and totally wretched. for the record, the pope is in australia where a conspicuous absence is being felt, that of an apology from him for over the 100 sex abuse cases for which members of the clergy have been legally convicted. yea, all the more reason to cut it slack.
the pope did apologise for the australian sodomising, but i think it was one of those meek generic apologies. as for the visa dude, i think they first refused him but he appealed :p
this society is too pc. that woman in the council should have been showed the door. remember the niqab discussion? public institutions should be free of such fanatics.
yea, i know he apologised... but that was 3 days after i made this post. anyway, i think apologising is a rather lame way of dealing with matters. i wonder how many of the offending priests lost their positions of religious authority.
did the visa dude's appeal work? for if it didn't, the fact that he appealed doesn't matter.
i dunno what happened to the visa appeal. he got his day of celebrity and then was discarded like everyone else.
didn't the pope apologise before landing in auzzie land? i was under that impression. either ways, i agree, apologies is quite worthless when a) the one who commits the act didn't go to jail, get his dick cut off, or get lynched, and b) when there's nothing to stop it happening again.
the pope probably read your blog and drew inspiration :p
i don't think the pope is wise enough to read my blog. :p
I think in the case of this Iranian man, UK's Immigration Department's decision not to extend humanitarian/ religious asylum can not be fully understood in the light of the marriage registrar's favorable ruling.
What was his history as a foreigner..as in does he have a questionable record? He's already in violation of his visa..that goes on to show that he is likely to violate the conditions and immigration status extended to him. I think there's more to this story.
As for homosexuality...reminds me of Jefferson's writing about the need to have progressive institutions.
"But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors"
Its all about personal or even private understandings of godly laws then I suppose.perhaps we need to decide whether we are holy, human or gay first.
abhishek, i think the essential difference between the iranian man and the marriage registrar is the fact that the latter is a UK resident while the former is seeking to become one. that quote from Jefferson, while bang on target, is not practiced as often as it should be. plus, 'the progress of the human mind' sadly does not happen in a uniform fashion, which is why we have the phrase 'ahead of her/his times'.
fashion lover, we are biological beings before all else, since without bodily matter, we don't 'exist' insofar as we understand existence. and i am not talking about the soul since its existence is debatable. and along with bodily existence comes sexual inclinations like being gay or otherwise, based on what a particular body enjoys doing or being done to. then would come being 'human', only insofar as humans are the only species that can have sex round the year (unlike other animals) and actually enjoy it too. and holy comes even later, because thats a mental faculty, something we achieved a little further down the evolutionary ladder. but anyway, i won't decide for anyone else. as you know, being holy is not even a necessity, according to me.
ahem no new blog for long? i think your writing is quite provocative and makes for interesting reading. have you run out of topics, ideas, inspiration or are you just too busy, lazy? in any case, just wanted you to know that i'm looking fwd to a new post. and also i think you should write a book.
anonymous, thanks for the words of appreciation. there is no dearth of things to write about, and this gap, though much regrettable, has been mostly unavoidable due to a combination of factors that don't merit going in to. and yea, writing at least a book has long been on the cards.
i think you should write a book too. write one, sounding just the way you speak.
oh and, this radio network I discovered today reminded me of this post of yours: Bear Radio Network on iTunes. Its supposed to be a 'random gay radio featuring some of the best independent...and gay friendly artists.'
:p
its informative regarding gay culture. Often you find gay (friendly) artists singing about love and marriage, and what they want in society, life etc.
wow, all this pressure to write a book. well, i will do what i can. and as for writing how i speak, that is what i enjoy stylistically.
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