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‘So Gay-Friendly as to Be Gay-Crazy’

Posted on | April 23, 2010 | 6 Comments

No, this is not another story about Charlie Crist. That quote comes from Catholic League president Bill Donahue, reacting to a New York Times story about a priest “abuse” scandal where the alleged “victim” didn’t seem to mind too much:

Why would the New York Times try to sell this so-called abuse story with a straight face? For two reasons: it wallows in stories designed to weaken the moral authority of the Catholic Church, and it is so gay-friendly as to be gay-crazy.
According to the Times, it all started with a kiss. Let me be very clear about this: if some guy tried to kiss me when I was 17, I would have flattened him. I most certainly would not go on a retreat with the so-called abuser, unless, of course, I liked it. Indeed, Hamilton liked it so much he went back for more — 20 years more. Even after he got married, he couldn’t resist going back for more.
So what about the priest? He is a disgrace. Throw the book at him for all I care. But let’s not be fooled into thinking that Dr. Hamilton is a victim. The real news story here is not another case of homosexual molestation, it’s the political motivation of the New York Times.

Sexually-active priests, when they are supposed to be celibate, are a problem per se. The fact that nearly all the Catholic priest sex scandals that have made headlines in recent years involve homosexuality suggests that the maybe the problem isn’t the Church so much as the surrounding culture, over which the “gay-crazy” New York Times wields such enormous influence.

(Hat-tip: Memeorandum.)

Category: New York Times, Religion, Scandal, Sex

Comments

6 Responses to “‘So Gay-Friendly as to Be Gay-Crazy’”

  1. dad29
    April 24th, 2010 @ 3:08 pm

    The problem is the BISHOPS who utterly and totally failed to do their duty–either by ordaining openly homosexual men to the priesthood OR by sweeping stuff under the rug.

    But hey. Dragging the Pope into it makes for headlines (and perhaps big-money!!!).

  2. dad29
    April 24th, 2010 @ 10:08 am

    The problem is the BISHOPS who utterly and totally failed to do their duty–either by ordaining openly homosexual men to the priesthood OR by sweeping stuff under the rug.

    But hey. Dragging the Pope into it makes for headlines (and perhaps big-money!!!).

  3. young4eyes
    April 24th, 2010 @ 3:41 pm

    Aw, one week of flagrant gay-bashing. Mix that up with a little righteous scape-goating of a problem that really says more about religious types and their inherent hypocrisy than it says about “gay crazy” culture, and you’ve got the kind of lame blogging indicative of the Right.
    Yes folks, it isn’t the Church it’s the New York Times.
    A pathetic attempt no doubt.
    But hey, you make our lives easier by clearly illustrating once again that Conservatism is to America as Talibanism is to the Middle East. Retalibans, be proud of your backwards views. Perhaps you will find a home in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard?
    In the meantime, look forward to the Lindsey Graham- Stacy McCain sex tape that is surely ensconced somewhere out there…
    PS- The pope wasn’t dragged into the controversy. He is explicitly involved in it. Do your homework!

  4. young4eyes
    April 24th, 2010 @ 10:41 am

    Aw, one week of flagrant gay-bashing. Mix that up with a little righteous scape-goating of a problem that really says more about religious types and their inherent hypocrisy than it says about “gay crazy” culture, and you’ve got the kind of lame blogging indicative of the Right.
    Yes folks, it isn’t the Church it’s the New York Times.
    A pathetic attempt no doubt.
    But hey, you make our lives easier by clearly illustrating once again that Conservatism is to America as Talibanism is to the Middle East. Retalibans, be proud of your backwards views. Perhaps you will find a home in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard?
    In the meantime, look forward to the Lindsey Graham- Stacy McCain sex tape that is surely ensconced somewhere out there…
    PS- The pope wasn’t dragged into the controversy. He is explicitly involved in it. Do your homework!

  5. R mas
    June 2nd, 2010 @ 8:29 am

    Gay rules

  6. R mas
    June 2nd, 2010 @ 3:29 am

    Gay rules