HOMO RULE (February 2000)
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BY PETER KURTH
How edifying to hear someone remark at last week’s
public hearing on gay marriage in
Spooky! It got my attention because it was one of the few comments from the "one-man-one-woman" crowd that didn’t mention God or the Bible.
I’m trying to think what the speaker could have meant by civilization. My dictionary defines it as "a relatively high level of cultural and technological development" and, alternately, as "refinement of thought, manners and taste." To which many gay men would plead guilty, I'm sure. And which the righteous don't have noticeably in abundance.
Remember, when they say "one man, one woman," they mean one at a time. You can have as many as you want as long as you do it in order, i. e., my first wife, my second wife, "Kristy" and little Ego, Jr. -- then long years of drooling idiocy and Viagra-popping to keep the old man’s plug in gear. Nothing sacred about it, I’m afraid. And until the defense-of-marriage people come down as hard on divorce as they do on gays and lesbians, their words will be as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal.
Christians, where in your bible does Jesus forbid the love of one man for another or one woman for another? Have a look -- there's not a word about it from the bearer of good news:
John 14:2: “In my Father's house are many mansions: if
it were not so, I would have told you.”
Neither was the sin of
Isaiah 1:9-23: "Hear the word of the LORD,
ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah …
Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water: Thy princes are
rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth
gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not
the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them."
Sounds like
What? He
wants my tin? I’m in trouble already for
wearing clothes of mixed cloth, though I’m with the Lord on shellfish,
generally speaking. Except for
scallops. I love scallops. And I don’t wear tassels at the four corners
of my cloak the way you’re supposed to.
I’ve cut my hair at the sides of my head and clipped off the edges of my
beard (Leviticus:
Lovers in ancient
Pinch me to see if I’m still awake! It’s the 21st century, right? Do we need to send a note to the legislature to say that a woman who gives birth to a daughter is no longer unclean for 66 days? And that no one should touch her? And that she should thank God she was born a woman and not a dog? Biblically, women weren't made in the image of God. Apart from the occasional Esther or Mary, they’re nothing but trouble -- aliens in on a pass.
Here’s some Scripture for you. Exodus 22:16: "When a man seduces a
virgin who is not engaged to be married, and lies with her, he shall pay the
BRIDE PRICE for her and make her his wife.
But if her father refuses to GIVE her to him, he shall pay an amount
equal to the BRIDE PRICE for virgins."
Welcome to "traditional marriage." "Seducing a virgin" was Jacobean euphemism for rape, a woman being the actual, physical property of her father and the crime of rape being an offense against him, not her.
Virgins were highly valued in ancient times to ensure the male line of descent. This is where the lawyers come in. Anyone who wants to sign up can be my guest. I’d hoped that the gay-marriage fight might lead to a reassessment of marriage itself, as an institution that’s plainly failing masses of people, but this doesn’t seem to be on either side’s dance card.
Chuck Heston as Moses
I feel sorry right now for Roman Catholics, whose
priests, when they aren't in the dock for molestation, are apparently dying of
AIDS at a rapid clip. I know that the
vow of chastity is about more than the suppression of urges, but, please, John
Paul -- we live in a world where you can watch eye surgery at the mall. There are drive-by funeral homes in
Matthew 6: 25: "Therefore I say unto you,
Take no thought of your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor
yet for your body, what ye shall put on.
Is not the life more than meat and the body than raiment?"
Well, is it or isn’t it? I’m thinking of lobbying for legislation next year based on the Biblical injunction against lending money at interest. That’ll show you the difference between Caesar and God right quick.
"No people ever recognize their dictator
in advance. He never stands for election
on the platform of dictatorship. He
always represents himself as the instrument [of] the Incorporated National
Will. ... When our dictator turns up you
can depend on it that he will be one of the boys, and he will stand for
everything traditionally American. And nobody
will ever say `Heil' to him, nor will they call him `Führer' or `Duce.' But
they will greet him with one great big, universal, democratic, sheeplike bleat
of `O.K., Chief! Fix it like you wanna,
Chief! Oh Kaaaay!'" -- Dorothy
Thompson, 1935