Looked into the BAR today, SFs LGBT weekly, something I rarely do anymore.
Two headline stories caught my eye: one on gay Black men being outsizedly infected with HIV, and another on the new RC Archbishop of SF, Salvatore Cordileone.
The HIV article, of course, blamed "the country" for its failure to prevent disproportionate HIV rates among Black gay men. Of course. It could have nothing to do with the actions of the men involved. Nor could it be the decades-long refusal of Black leaders, especially churchmen, to take this issue on as theirs rather than as yet another paranoid delusion about schemes by The Man. This is the same mentality that wanted to blame Ronald Reagan for White gay men's infections in the 80's. The President made me have unsafe sex because he doesn't love me. I had some unsafe sex now and again and believe me, I was not thinking of Ronald Reagan at the time.
But this is just part of a larger pattern among Blacks in general, whose STD rates in general are much higher than their share of the population.
Since Blacks are The Archetypal Official Protected Victim Class, and gays are currently suffering from Chick Fil A's violently oppressive decision not to endore samesex marriage, "the country" must be to blame for that, too.
Do these people never tire of BS?
The second story revealed how shocked, shocked, shocked the local LGBTQ,ETC community is by the appointment of an orthodox Catholic bishop to the chair of San Francisco's Catholic Church. Really, what is the Vatican thinking? The editorial called it "cold water" and "a slap in the face" to SF.
Really.
Two headline stories caught my eye: one on gay Black men being outsizedly infected with HIV, and another on the new RC Archbishop of SF, Salvatore Cordileone.
The HIV article, of course, blamed "the country" for its failure to prevent disproportionate HIV rates among Black gay men. Of course. It could have nothing to do with the actions of the men involved. Nor could it be the decades-long refusal of Black leaders, especially churchmen, to take this issue on as theirs rather than as yet another paranoid delusion about schemes by The Man. This is the same mentality that wanted to blame Ronald Reagan for White gay men's infections in the 80's. The President made me have unsafe sex because he doesn't love me. I had some unsafe sex now and again and believe me, I was not thinking of Ronald Reagan at the time.
But this is just part of a larger pattern among Blacks in general, whose STD rates in general are much higher than their share of the population.
Since Blacks are The Archetypal Official Protected Victim Class, and gays are currently suffering from Chick Fil A's violently oppressive decision not to endore samesex marriage, "the country" must be to blame for that, too.
Do these people never tire of BS?
The second story revealed how shocked, shocked, shocked the local LGBTQ,ETC community is by the appointment of an orthodox Catholic bishop to the chair of San Francisco's Catholic Church. Really, what is the Vatican thinking? The editorial called it "cold water" and "a slap in the face" to SF.
Their dads must be so proud.
Really.
2 comments:
"How many choir directors and organists are Black churches going to bury before they do more than light a candle?"
Odd that there aren't more stories about the (relative)lack of female and openly gay clergy in Black and Hispanic churches.
Or maybe not so odd.....
The smoked glass ceiling?
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