A few tid bits of interest…
1—It seems Canada’s Catholic Primate is getting his knickers in a knot, now that he’s been unable to stop same sex marriage from becoming law. Here’s a bit from the CTV news article, outling his (ahem) concerns:
A Canadian cardinal who had been considered a possible successor to Pope John Paul says same-sex marriage is threatening religious freedom.
Marc Cardinal Ouellet said the threat even reaches into pulpits in Canada.
The Quebec City cardinal said priests no longer feel comfortable preaching the morality of their own church for fear of being branded homophobes.
“There’s a climate taking shape where we don’t dare say what we think anymore or we don’t dare teach,” he told a Senate committee Wednesday.
Hmm, well let’s consider something here for a moment. Did it ever occur to the Catholic Church (or most other religions) that teaching that homosexual activities are a “sin” qualifies as rampant, institutionalized homophobia??? After all, this is the same group that took a thousand years to remove institutionalized hatred against Jews as official policy!!
And don’t come all high and mighty with me about what it says in the Bible. Because if people really DID follow all the precepts of the Old Testament, we’d all be going to hell for each and every hot dog & strip of bacon we’ve consumed throughout our entire lives!!!
Speaking of high and mighty…
2—I didn’t know whether or not to laugh or sigh dramatically after reading THIS article. It’s always nice to wake up to ridiculousness:
A parents group is demanding the ABC network be fined for violating broadcast standards because it failed to censor a swear word expressed during the recent Live 8 concert.
The Parents Television Council, founded in 1995, has asked the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to levy a fine because of the July 2 performance of Who Are You by The Who. Specifically, the line in question is the lyric “who the f**k are you?”
Ok, we’ll settle for the big, dramatic SIGH…
It was one word…during a massive event where people were doing their level-best to exert some kind of change on the apathetic world. But all the Parents Television Witch-hunt brigade can worry about is THAT ONE, single word that most of society (to use an apt word) doesn’t give a f*ck about anymore!
Go visit this freak show organization’s website — it’s like Leave it to Beaver-meets-The Star Chamber! Go read their Top 10 worst TV shows, and laugh your ass off.
Speaking of laugh your ass off, I may not personally be a fan of Family Guy, but its executive producer has a quote which sums up the best way to deal with this offensive group:
To whoever finds [a] show offensive, there’s an off button on the television. I don’t mean that lightly. Watching television is a choice; it’s not a right.
