coming clean

ok, so one of the more interesting parts of our trip to washington was watching tv prior to one of the final 4 games......and in random cable surfing we recognized my cousin marilyn's husband, who hosts a television call-in talk show on the all-catholic allthetime network......the topic of the curing of gays.....and the guest professed to being cured of his gayness through celibacy and prayer and devotion to the eucharist.......which my cousins's spouse commended with great solemnity....as did the call-in folks.....and it was all that my spouse and i could do not to laugh out loud at this notion that one's orientation could be changed thusly.....particularly when the talk turned to how the bible is against homosexuality....after nearly 2 decades of teaching sunday school i have yet to find these reputed verses.....there are numerous ones about divorce, which my cousin's spouse must have overlooked- previous marriages involving he and my cousin were not in the catholic church and didn't count....let me get this straight.....this guy sits in front of this camera with divorce on his plate, a state that jesus himself likened to adultery, and lowrates folks for something that jesus never, ever mentioned, even in passing.....takes a lot of nerve, don't ya think?......we were hesitant in that our in-laws are catholic and while we hope them to be tolerant folks, you never can tell with relatives.......one tends to choose friends based on a common liberality of ideas........but with close kin one can never be sure until the shouting if someone agrees with your positions.......and so it was heavy hearts that we read that the university of the cumberlands is kicking out a gay student, citing the need for higher standards.....huh?.......i recall jesus himself stopping the stoning of a prostitute, admonishing the crowd that only those without sins could throw stones.....u of cumberland must have overlooked this part in their higher standards policy........i venture to guess that the cumberland staff boasts more than one person who has a divorce on the books....let the administration start there....with issues on which jesus actually had an opinion before starting in on orientation......