Eh. You know my extreme (and utterly mixed-up) feelings on the issue. Not gonna talk about that. Who a guy or gal boinks (or tries to) is not really any of my business, except when he's (or she's) trying to boink me. Then it becomes my business real quick. Other than that, meh.

However...

Was it hypocritical for Sarah Palin to leave her church after they started discussing the notion that homosexuality can be "cured"?

I'm sorry, but none of these things strike me as hypocritical. The word I would use is "tolerance."

Hmm, well, not to be one-a-them grammer er spellin' nazis and stuff, but Sarah Palin leaving the church because of the discussion? Sounds more like she couldn't "tolerate" any more. Using the proper meaning of "tolerate", as in "withstand" or "able to put up with".

Now, don't get me wrong, I really don't think that homosexual impulses can be 'cured', the same way I don't think my gluttonous impulses can be 'cured' - i.e. get rid of entirely. What *can*, *may* and *has occasionally* been achieved is impulse control, or even better, impulse mastery - not acting on the impulses.

Easier said than done, of course - I'm living proof that it's ridiculously difficult to resist temptation. Nevertheless, I'm sure there are gluttonous folk out there who have successfully resisted the urge to eat in excess, just as there are recovering alcoholics who have not touched a drink in decades.

My point is, Sarah going to another church means that she did not want, or could no longer, 'tolerate' (as in, put up with) the teachings of the previous church. So to speak. I won't use it as an example of tolerance, is all I'm saying.

Yes, I am a pedant. A boring, long-winded, boorish pedant. Who's still somewhat irked off at my primary (elementary) school teacher who years ago refused to accept

"The cockroach is an insect."

as a valid answer to "___ cockroach..." (she was asking us to use the correct article to complete the sentence, and her answer was "A cockroach is an insect".)

I mean, when is it never a bloody insect, I ask you? Does it not make sense to THE cockroach, as referring to all generic cockroaches?

Sorry. Didn't mean to hijack your blog. But seriously, while it wasn't hypocrisy, it sure wasn't tolerance either. Not for that particular viewpoint, at any rate.

PS Please, please don't tell me that was Rudy. Holy crap, he needs a better makeup artist. I mean, if you gonna do somethin', you should do it right, right? Or is it shitty because of the compression? I can't really tell...

Perhaps you might want our military fully integrated like the British BUT I find our military to quite superior to the Brits and really any other nation and I do not believe having an OPEN policy on gays is going to work for the American Military. It is find

I posted to soon (boss came in)...my point is the military is fine don't fix what is not broken there is nothing to indicate don't ask don't tell is a failure....these are some of the best and brightest soldiers we have ever had....I by the way do not have a problem with who someone is with....I just don't need to know about it.

"...My point is, Sarah going to another church means that she did not want, or could no longer, 'tolerate' (as in, put up with) the teachings of the previous church. So to speak. I won't use it as an example of tolerance, is all I'm saying.

Whereas, by comparison, I suppose Barack Obama spending twenty years attending services at that racist nutjob Jeremiah Wright's church proves that Obama is more "tolerant" than Palin...

*snork*

No, I'm not taking a shot at Gregory. I'm just trying to get ahead of the latest updates in Democrat talking points...