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Am I being hypocritical? [message #3427]

Fri, 12 July 2002 10:59

mihangel

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25 years ago we had our last blasphemy trial in Britain, when Gay News was prosecuted for publishing a homoerotic poem about Jesus. The editor was fined and given a 9-month suspended sentence. Yesterday a public reading of the poem was given in London to mark the anniversary, but the author, James Kirkup, felt he was being used.

In the poem, The Love that Dares to Speak its Name, Jesus is portrayed as a promiscuous gay (sex with John the Baptist, the disciples, Pontius Pilate), and after the crucifixion his body is buggered by a Roman centurion.

The article's on http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4459113,00.htmlwith extracts from the poem on http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,753186,00.html.

I don't call myself a Christian. Yet I feel very uncomfortable about the poem. Maybe my "proper" upbringing is still with me. Maybe I'm hypocritical. Views?

		Am I being hypocritical? By: mihangel on Fri, 12 July 2002 10:59
		Well, A thirty something man leading a dozen young "deciples"...... By: marc on Fri, 12 July 2002 15:03
		Re: Am I being hypocritical? By: e on Fri, 12 July 2002 15:43
		Re: Am I being hypocritical? By: Guest on Fri, 12 July 2002 17:32
		Re: Am I being hypocritical? By: Guest on Sat, 13 July 2002 02:55
		Re: Am I being hypocritical? By: mihangel on Sat, 13 July 2002 10:27
		Re: Am I being hypocritical? By: gil on Sat, 13 July 2002 13:24
		Re: Am I being hypocritical? By: Guest on Sat, 13 July 2002 13:28
		Re: Am I being hypocritical? By: mihangel on Sat, 13 July 2002 13:43
		Re: Am I being hypocritical? By: lenny on Sat, 13 July 2002 15:21
		Re: Am I being hypocritical? By: mihangel on Sat, 13 July 2002 15:52
		Re: Am I being hypocritical? By: Guest on Sat, 13 July 2002 16:10
		Re: Am I being hypocritical? By: mihangel on Sat, 13 July 2002 20:20
		Re: Am I being hypocritical? By: lenny on Sat, 13 July 2002 20:54
		Re: Am I being hypocritical? By: mihangel on Sun, 14 July 2002 03:11
		Re: Am I being hypocritical? By: lenny on Sun, 14 July 2002 11:39
		Re: Am I being hypocritical? By: Guest on Sun, 14 July 2002 12:51
		A man once said.... By: charlie on Wed, 17 July 2002 01:37
		Re: A man once said.... By: Guest on Wed, 17 July 2002 14:08

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