November 28, 2004

YOU MEAN WORDS LIKE HOMOPHOBE AND BIGOT

Churches warned over 'gay slurs' (BBC, November 28th, 2004)

The Archbishop of Canterbury has called for church traditionalists opposed to homosexuality to stop using inflammatory words about gay people.

Dr Rowan Williams, in a letter to the world's Anglican churches, said harsh language can lead to murder.

His comments come as the Church is embroiled in a bitter global row about the ordination of gay bishops.

Some traditionalist Anglican leaders strongly condemn homosexuality as being outlawed by the Bible.

According to The Sunday Times, Dr Williams has outlined his views to the Anglican faith's 43 self-governing churches.

His letter to them reportedly says: "Any words that could make it easier for someone to attack or abuse a homosexual person are words of which we must repent.

This is getting very tiresome. Despite an in-your-face tone to gay activism and the ceaseless hurling of derogatory epithets at anyone who defends marriage or thinks homosexual acts wrong, traditionalists have been almost universally civil and respectful in their opposition. Indeed, there would be no civil unions or doctrinal debates on this matter if they weren’t. Yet here is the Archbishop accusing them of dangerous, inflammatory language, by which we assume he means quoting the Bible.

Posted by Peter Burnet at November 28, 2004 8:27 AM
Comments

When gays frequently describe themselves as "queers," and nobody objects when Democrats like James Carville use the term "homos" on Meet the Press, then which words are no longer politically correct?

Posted by: J Baustian at November 28, 2004 9:26 PM

This from the Archbishop who whole-heartedly supports a version of the Bible that completely waters down Christianity (DOUBLE TOOTHPICKS, The Great Separation, both 6/24/04).

Steve Bragg
DOUBLE TOOTHPICKS--Worldviews Behind The News

Posted by: Steve Bragg at November 28, 2004 11:16 PM

Orwellian manipulation of language brings only temporary escape from reality. If the reality behind the symbol in negative, the symbol must perforce take on the negativity.

Once the word "gay" meant happy and carefree. Now the word has a secondary meaning, especially among the young, of "sick" and "twisted." The P.C. response to this meaning shift is nothing less than hilarious. Our school district has "guidelines" for teachers who overhear children use the word "gay" in such a matter. The user of the Badspeak must immediately be corrected with a boilerplate response that using the word in that fashion is unacceptable. Failure to correct Badspeak is a disciplinary matter.

The point is that manipulation of the symbol-system will not takes the spots from the leopard. or anything else of thatr sorrt,

Posted by: Lou Gots at November 29, 2004 10:44 AM

Will the 'feely' left object if the Arabic word "manouk" is used in mosques?

definition: The female in a homosexual act

Posted by: ratbert at November 29, 2004 11:20 PM
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