Posted on 04/22/2002 1:03:24 PM PDT by Notwithstanding
Father Gay
Gay groups are freaking out over the progression in news coverage of the Roman Catholic Church sex scandal. What started as a story about a few bad men in black has moved to headlines about a subculture of gay priests, some of whom sexually abuse altar boys, and others who may tolerate the crimes. In an "action alert," the Human Rights Campaign and Gay & Lesbian Alliance call on members to counter stories that connect "homosexuality and pedophilia or charge that gay men are inclined toward sexual abuse of minors." Their worry: After making homosexuality acceptable in the media, the fight might be back to square one.
In an "action alert," the Human Rights Campaign and Gay & Lesbian Alliance call on members to counter stories that connect "homosexuality and pedophilia or charge that gay men are inclined toward sexual abuse of minors."
Love to be a fly on the wall when barney frank and his near and dear buddy from Maine, tommy allen get togeher and place a call to their little guy in the media petey jennings.
Mark
"National Gay Groups "Freaking Out" Over Coverage of Catholic Sex Scandal"
which seems to be an awfully good shorter adapation of the actual opening line of the coverage (deleted words in brackets):
"Gay groups [are] freaking out over [the progression in news] coverage of [the Roman] Catholic [Church] sex scandal" - also added the word "National" to the beginning to indicate it was not an isolated local phenomenon. Since this column covered many topics and "Father Gay" (the subtitle) did not seem very descriptive, I am disappointed you chose to just axe this thread because I actually made it easy for people to know what the thread is actually about before clicking.
"National Gay Groups "Freaking Out" Over Coverage of Catholic Sex Scandal"
which seems to be an awfully good shorter adapation of the actual opening line of the coverage (deleted words in brackets):
"Gay groups [are] freaking out over [the progression in news] coverage of [the Roman] Catholic [Church] sex scandal" - also added the word "National" to the beginning to indicate it was not an isolated local phenomenon. Since this column covered many topics and "Father Gay" (the subtitle) did not seem very descriptive, I am disappointed you chose to just axe this thread because I actually made it easy for people to know what the thread is actually about before clicking.
Classic case of misdirection, but this time it's a twofer: silence protects one of their pet causes, and the scandal can also be used to advance another item on their agenda.
It's a house of cards though: if GLAAD and their ilk start defending themselves on the issue, it's because they know these charges will stick. They can't be quiet, because that lets people like us define the agenda. So they'll open the can of worms all by themselves. Unfortunately, that won't work too well, either: the suspicion will have been planted, and is well-founded.
They're probably also more than a little worried about what JPII's got up his sleeve this week. He, too, may be able to turn a twofer on the U.S. church, as the duplicitous actions of the Cardinals, Archbishops, and bishops have made this scandal possible. He can perchance help to solve this problem, but more importantly use their misbehavior on this one failure as an excuse to slap them back into line more generally.
Square One indeed.
( National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Action Alert: http://www.ngltf.org/news/release.cfm?releaseID=449 )
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