Tag: gay
Toronto Zoo: homophobic or just plain wrong?
The Toronto Zoo has decided to separate their two gay penguins, Pedro and Buddy. Apparently the zoo wants to force them to be straight and to pair bond with females.
Doug Ford’s bright idea
Doug Ford has a vision for the waterfront including of all things a ferris wheel. While I was originally hopeful that Ford had envisioned something like London’s revitalized waterfront along the Thames (which also includes a ferris wheel) I realized he was thinking of something more like Chicago’s waterfront. Now …
The Death of Tyler Clementi
Dharun Ravi and Molly Wei are not the only people responsible for the death of Tyler Clementi. There is of course Tyler himself, but also society at large. What kind of society do we live in where the shame of being “outed” is so traumatic that it would drive someone to kill …
When chickens come home to roost
Cardinal Tarcisio Berton, second only to the pope said it was homosexuality, not celibacy which lay behind the abuse of children. Earlier he likened the criticisms of the RCC to the collective violence suffered by the Jews. Hmm, and wasn’t the church silent during the extermination of Jews during the …