April 15, 2004
Going to hell
Oh shit. I'm going to hell.
I'm embarrassed enough that I was actually watching Ricki Lake. I was actually just sorta half-watching while working at home. The show was about gay teens and the problems they have in school. To counterpoint, they had the conservative anti-gays (complete with southern accents, missing teeth, and bad hairdos) quoting Bible passages. I decided to Google one of the passages from the book of Leviticus and came up with a website which argued the most common points the religious freaks use to condemn homosexuality. If you are a Christian and believe the most known quote from Leviticus 18:22 ("You shall not lie with a male as those who lie with a female; it is an abomination."), then you theoretically have to give the rest of the bylaws the same weight in order to not be a hypocrite--like not eating "unclean" animals like pigs, rabbits, and seafood. You also can't wear clothing that is not a single, pure material (no cotton-polyester blends . . or any blends) and no tattoos. You'll see these religious freaks protesting gays, but not your local Safeway, Gap, or tattoo parlor for violating Leviticus. Huh?
I perused the site further and found this story about a minister in Marin County who wrote a book about how he converted gays to straight through prayer. His book, "The Third Sex?", detailed how gays could be "cured" through religion and, boy, the religious fundamentalists jumped on this bandwagon. But then the gay subjects of his book sued the publisher because they said it was false... and they won. The book was immediately taken off shelves. It was a huge fraud and the infamous minister's name was Kent Philpott.
I started to think . . . how do I know this name?? It sounds sooo familiar. Then it hit me...He was the minister that married me and my wife a few years ago in San Francisco. What an even bigger embarrassment than watching Ricki! I just found him in the phone book and he agreed to do it on short notice. Granted, I was only 6 years old when he wrote the book but . . . Damn, that loser is in my wedding photos forever.
Posted by severdia at April 15, 2004 2:29 PM
