Parents Formed Prayer Circle Over Gay “Stage Kiss” in Play for High Schoolers

[Bob the Unbeliever]

Lots of child molesters in church too.

Yes, unfortunately. If you tell a man he is sinless and god's Special Person over and over, for long enough?

He begins to believe there is nothing he does that is wrong. Absolutely nothing.

And since god continues to be a no-show with respect to humans committing atrocities? Including self-styled "men of god"?

Well... there you go: Children abused at the hands of "godly men of god"

 

[Axe Elf]

Or you could just answer the question, since I've obviously looked through the thread, and don't know what you think you're talking about.

Wow. Ok, congratulations, you've convinced me that your level of comprehension is low enough that I'm going to have to hold your hand and walk you through this.

Your question was...

Does that logic hold for celibacy?

...in regards to my original post...

Technically, homosexuality IS contrary to reproduction, so in that sense, it would be contrary to life.

Another member voiced a similar observation...

So is celibacy. Let us stop this anti-life movement of teaching abstinence!

...and I said...

Most of my experience with human beings has led me to the conclusion that anything that is contrary to reproduction is a good thing.

A third member agreed...

A chunk of the population not reproducing is probably the greatest thing we have now for continuing human life. There are too many of us as it is, and even only about 10% of the population never reproduces that is just that much more of a relief for the Earth.

...and I reconfirmed my position.

Like I said--a good thing.

So as you can see, the answer to your question, which should have been clear from the sequence of posts on page 1 of this thread, is yes, that logic holds for celibacy as well as for homosexuality.

Are we clear now?

 

[Jose Fly]

My Dad's side of the family are mostly members of an Amish sect. Guess how the men greet each other? By kissing each other on the cheek.

So I guess next up is bans on field trips to Amish country?

 

[loganonekenobi]

Most of my experience with human beings has led me to the conclusion that anything that is contrary to reproduction is a good thing.

the nerd in me demands that i tell you that poison ivy agrees.

 

[JJ50]

Talk about s-t-u-p-i-d people.

"We wrote yesterday about a group of parents and pastors who were so offended about a Shakespeare-inspired play performed at their local high school that they decided to form a prayer circle.

Well, it turns out that the “inappropriate content” they were really protesting was a same-sex “stage kiss.”

The Parkway Playhouse came to Mitchell High School in Bakersville, North Carolina to perform an edited version of “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged),” a popular parody of many of Shakespeares’ works. Earlier reports suggested the prayer circle was formed in response to “inappropriate content” including suicide, alcohol consumption, and “bad language” — all of which you’d find in Romeo and Juliet — but a local resident informed me the real “concern” was over homosexuality.

The reasonable Mitchell County native, who will remain anonymous, told me in an email that the “drinking and suicide” thing was just what the school board told the news station. The resident added: “What people were actually upset about was the all male cast and that two men shared a stage kiss.”

The “kiss” wasn’t even real. It was a “stage kiss”, meant to give that impression without actually doing anything. It’s not unusual in theater. It’s called “acting.”

In fact, there’s currently a petition circulating in Mitchell County in which supporters call for the school board to ban any group from performing in the District if they promote “Homosexuality, Incest, Suicide, or any other [sic] that would be contrary to life.” Which means they’re also comparing homosexuality to incest and — oddly enough — suicide.

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Note that the petition says:

“Homosexuality, Incest, Suicide, or any other that would be contrary to life.”
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I wasn't aware that homosexuality is "contrary" to life, but I guess down Bakersville, North Carolina way, where grammar and spelling is also contrary to life (they can't even spell the name of their own county), it is.

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Crazy idiots!