Friday, May 21, 2004
The ALP and Gays
In a craven capitulation to the Religious Right, ths "left-wing","secular" Australian Labor (sic) Party, signalled its intention to support th Liberal/National Party Government's legislative ban on Gay Marriage. At a recent Forum on Marriage and the Family held in Canberra shadow federal Attorney-General, Nicola Roxon, listened and enthused as gays and lesbians were described as "vile", "unstable" and "scum."
Oh my, the Christian god is such a flexible fellow!
He seems to have rescinded his ban on roast pork dinners, Coquilles St Jacques and Rabbit Stifado (Leviticus 11:5-12), working on the Sabbath (Exodus 35:2 et aliter), delaying payment of wages (Leviticus 19:13), wearing glasses in church (Leviticus 21:20), or blends of two materials (Leviticus 19:19), crewcuts and shaves for men (Leviticus19:27) and consorting with menstruating women (Leviticus15:19-24, 18:19 and 20:18)
All this is now acceptable, it seems, as long as we don’t bonk the wrong people — those of our own sex (Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13), our families or pets (Leviticus 18: 6-23 and 20:11-21), or those below the magical Age of Consent, which differs in most jurisdictions around the world.
Oh my, the Christian god is such a flexible fellow!
He seems to have rescinded his ban on roast pork dinners, Coquilles St Jacques and Rabbit Stifado (Leviticus 11:5-12), working on the Sabbath (Exodus 35:2 et aliter), delaying payment of wages (Leviticus 19:13), wearing glasses in church (Leviticus 21:20), or blends of two materials (Leviticus 19:19), crewcuts and shaves for men (Leviticus19:27) and consorting with menstruating women (Leviticus15:19-24, 18:19 and 20:18)
All this is now acceptable, it seems, as long as we don’t bonk the wrong people — those of our own sex (Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13), our families or pets (Leviticus 18: 6-23 and 20:11-21), or those below the magical Age of Consent, which differs in most jurisdictions around the world.
