It’s eerie to get posthumous glimpses into tragedies like this from online forums. It’s almost Clementi’s last words: “I ran to the nearest R.A. and set this thing in motion. We’ll see what happens.” It seems too thin a line between the determination to seek help and the decision to jump off the bridge.
New Law Would Ban Marriages Between People Who Don’t Love Each Other.
“Marriage has legal implications as well. For instance, if one member of a loveless couple got sick, their spouse could no longer visit them in the hospital to bereate them about how much that medical bill is going to cost.”
From the Onion, via half my Facebook Friends list.
In Killing the Buddha, what the Anglican schism over sexuality has to do with the colonial legacy in Africa:
Unsurprisingly, the first thing the British did after they had made significant inroads into the region was to ban all worship of the goddess and to insist that all households be composed of one man, one woman, and their biological children. From that moment on, a priestess or female husband was out of a job. From one angle, then, what the Anglican world is witnessing is not the imposition of some “primitive” mindset upon a “modern” Anglo-American Church, but rather, a redeployment of the modern code of gender and church hierarchy imposed upon West and East Africans at the turn of the century.
No, I’m not gay. But there’s a closet that I think a lot of Christians find themselves in. And I think it’s about time I came out of it. So, um, here goes. Gulp. *Deep sigh* Homosexuality is not a sin. There. I feel better already. Yeah, yeah. Go ahead and laugh. I know this is not exactly a ground-breaking idea. I know that plenty of other Christians before me have said it. But it’s not a done deal yet for everyone. I’m coming out a bit late, but Now I figure is better than Someday, even if it’s not quite as good as Yesterday.
The event is likely to be dominated by a decision on whether to carry out same-sex commitment ceremonies on the same basis as heterosexual weddings. The change is thought to have the support of a majority of British Quakers, but it is vigorously opposed by a vocal number of people who insist that marriage can only involve individuals of opposite sexes. Rather than voting, Quakers will seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit to lead them into unity.
