ON THE OTHER HAND, I do support the right of the Mormon church to discourage homosexuality in its members. I mean...to tell them not to seems rather intrusive as well. And I've never been entirely certain why people feel so strongly that they need to be a part of something that clearly doesn't want them. There are much more open religions. What DOES bother me is when doctrines are taken outside of the congregation and applied to others in a "holier-than-thou" way. That's as bad as trying to force your religion on me in the first place. Even though I hate the word (because one generally only has to "tolerate" something that they see as bad or unpleasant in the first place), I think "tolerance" is a good thing. Belittling or disenfranchising those you don't agree with by calling them childish or misguided can clearly be harmful and justify all sorts of actions (say the job discrimination discussed in the interview). The ones I'd feel sorriest for is those with friends or relatives (or born into a family) that harbor homophobic sentiments, that find that they themselves are homosexual. That could be truly painful if they are not accepted...
Back to the interview: The rape thing was just downright disturbing. I agree with the interviewer that he belittled the whole issue.
"chaperonage?" *shiver* Interesting. That reminds me of my Mormon stalker ex-boyfriend very much.
One thing I found interesting: I find I'm beginning to like Card better! When he says provocative things I agree with, he's my brother. *L* Seems as though we nearly always feel kinship with those who agree and alienation from those who don't...
Though this comment by Card made me giggle: The average fifteen-year-old teenage boy is genetically predisposed to copulate with anything that moves
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Part II...comment cut for length
Date: 2005-05-19 04:30 pm (UTC)From:Back to the interview: The rape thing was just downright disturbing. I agree with the interviewer that he belittled the whole issue.
"chaperonage?" *shiver* Interesting. That reminds me of my Mormon stalker ex-boyfriend very much.
One thing I found interesting: I find I'm beginning to like Card better! When he says provocative things I agree with, he's my brother. *L* Seems as though we nearly always feel kinship with those who agree and alienation from those who don't...
Though this comment by Card made me giggle: The average fifteen-year-old teenage boy is genetically predisposed to copulate with anything that moves