Gay-bashing, bad - Catholic-bashing, good
I respect Andrew Sullivan for much of his writing, but the one thing where we differ wildly is obvious. And no, it's not proof of my homophobia, because many times I can discount his opinion as, well, his opinion, and be done with it. But he is so arrogantly sure he is right on matters of sex, he allows himself to be just as prejudiced against his opponents on the issue as he thinks they are of him.
Lately his number one enemy has been Rich Santorum. For example, in referring to the Supreme Court decision in Lawrence v. Texas yesterday:
Sex in our culture — gay and straight and everything between — is no longer restricted to procreation. OK, there are some exceptions: Pennsylvania's GOP Sen. Rick Santorum, for example, who has six kids, apparently follows strict Catholic doctrine and abhors every nonprocreative sexual act.Yes, he does. Is that so evil? While I can't say I "abhor" nonprocreative sex, I recognize that it is a sin, and my confessor has been forced to counsel me many times on this fact. Luckily, he and the Sacrament are still there for me when I fall prey to it.
Rick and I will pray for you, Andrew. Even if you think we're medieval for it.
