As you may know, Dan Savage is under attack for some anti-Christian comments he made recently. Whilst reading the, 'The Daily Beast' today, I came across an article entitled, "Is Dan Savage the Gay Santorum?
I read the Mr. Michaelson's article and found his perspective refreshing. I did not, however, find many of the comments he received refreshing in the least. To answer his question, yes, Dan Savage is the gay Santorum.
Below are my comments in response the flaming posts appearing in the, "Comments" section below the article:
Anyone who has known of Mr. Savage from the early days is
not surprised by his comments. His
views, at least anecdotal to my experience here in Seattle, are shared by many
younger gay, 'activists.' I once walked
out of a gay bingo event (back when that was cool) being held in a synagogue,
ironically during an Easter weekend. Mr.
Savage was the MC and went on and on saying rude, denigrating things about
Christians and Christianity. It seems to
be part of his ‘shtick.’ I have found
him revolting ever since. I had a
similar experience while doing volunteer work with an AIDS organization in
town. A local progressive church had let
our group use one of their rooms for a meeting/social event. The hip, young, uber-politically gay folk
immediately upon walking into the sanctuary, set up the bar on the alter (on
the alter for heaven’s sake) and then spent the next 20 minutes or so making
fun of Christians and Christianity, all the while knowing that I, one of the
longest-serving volunteers and a church going man, was sitting there. These
people were, I thought, my friends and comrades. I was wrong. I finally stood up, gave them hell and walked
out, with them shaking their heads, still not getting about what it was that I
was upset. This sort of behavior would
never, EVER occur in a similar setting in a mosque, or temple, or a
synagogue. It seems totally appropriate
in the gay community to denigrate Christianity while remaining very sensitive
and politically correct about other faiths.
I get it. Christianity (well,
more correctly uneducated Christians using the bible incorrectly) seems
anti-gay. I get it. But really, is Islam or Judaism any more
accepting? No. So why the hypocrisy, who knows? I didn’t understand it then and I don’t
understand it now. This insistence on an
anti-Christianity gay, ‘orthodoxy’ is ridiculous. It just is. It does a great deal of damage
the community’s reputation. Nobody
respects a hypocrite. Mr. Savage is
taking a pounding for preaching about tolerance and then being publicly and
aggressively intolerant,. That happens
when one is a hypocrite. The gay
community does the same thing when holding Christianity in lower esteem than
other religions. You hear the expression
sometimes in Christian churches, “Hate the sin, not the sinner.” Perhaps in this context, it might be better
to, “hate the Christian, not the Christianity.”
At least then you’d be giving that same kind of respect given to a
belief system held by millions of people (gay and straight) around the
world. Which, agree with it or not, don’t you think, just as do the others, it
deserves?
At least, that is what THIS DADDY thinks.
THE WAILERS - HYPOCRITES/THANK YOU LORD
Uploaded by roaringlion87
on Jan 29, 2010
Luna Park 28/01
When Bob Marley returned to Jamaica from the United States in 1967, The Wailers
started their own label, ‘Wail'n Soul'm’ records, and released their
first independent single "Freedom Time" backed with "Bend Down Low."
"Nice Time," "Hypocrites," "Mellow Mood," "Thank You Lord," and "Stir It
Up" are all recorded in the same year.
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