For the past month or so, our very own local news agency has been publishing radically homophobic articles full of such awfully vitriolic right-wing propaganda that it makes me sick to the stomach. First you have Melati Mohd Ariff's Homosexuals' life of moral decadence and then Soraya Jamal's When lust has no boundaries. Reason enough that I now avoid Bernama articles whenever I can.
So much for our press remaining purely neutral and unbiased.
The gist of their articles? As usual, we have our righteous pitch-fork waving heartlanders who insist that homosexuality is a growing disease that should be eradicated since it goes against the doctrines of their religion. Supposedly their proposed panacea for all these diseased deviants is to shove religious text down their collective throats.
God help these heathens!
Look, I hate folks who talk about religion. Or even worse use religion as a relentless hammer in all subjects! Do these rabidly orthodox zealots automatically assume that everyone else shares the very same opinion? Come on, there are dozens of religious faiths in the world - so please stop imposing your all-encompassing rules on the rest of us. Your high-minded morals are not mine. We don't want them. I don't go around waving blessed crosses and tossing holy bibles at disbelieving heathens, do I?
All this rampant homophobia only tempts me to start a new gay fucking religion. Maybe I could have a shiny, sequinned temple of orgiastic defiance ( with the magical glittering disco ball ) with weekly foam parties, thursday tea-bagging parties and leather dungeon wednesdays. Hunky inductees to the new religion would have to undergo a rigorous initiation ceremony involving frequent recitation of the holy pink word, daily buggery and light sado-masochism.
Not to mention a baptismal dip in the sacred sauna.
Zealot : Buggery! Sexual deviancy! That's against my religion!
Paul : Well, you're not getting your cock sucked in the public changing rooms! That's blasphemous in my book! My Gay God advocates such teachings!
Zealot : What holy book is that!
Paul : More like sacraments handwritten onto dingy toilet walls.
Now what do you say to that? Would you like me to impose my own wicked rules on the rest of the world as well?
And all this fuss from a culture well known for its easygoing tolerance. We Malaysians already have a saying for this... Jangan jaga tepi kain orang. A subtle way of saying mind your own fucking business. And stay out of my bed.
Unless you're a gorgeous hot intern.
Now go take a look at Farish Noor's hilarious take on this issue.
Buggered by the Victorians
11 comments:
these ppl pick and choose lines from the holy book, interpret them in a way that best suits them, and then expect the rest of us "sinners" to abide by them...
This is the reason why there must be a secular government and a secular law. Religion MUST be divorced from the state affairs, from public spheres.
(And btw, ancient Greek's religion is a very accommodating to gays. Zeus bless thee, brother)
Religion is something that you do only to yourself. Keep it in the house and keep it away from me. Or I'll dick-slap you.
The trouble with religion is that every holy book ever written is constantly subject to interpretation.
And inevitably the true intentions behind the teachings either gets lost in translation or twisted in interpretation.
LOL, well..... reading and linking to your blog was hm....well I don't know since I am a christian.....
I do believe people has the right to lobby for their religion. But I also believe that we should have a secular law.
As for the Bible and fags....well I think to ask people not believing in the Bible to follow it's morals standards is bound to fail. I'll say: Lure the fags into christianity like I was lured:) Then we can talk......
ps. Still linking to your blog.
haha.. the bible is written centuries ago. to apply the thinkings and ethics of society centuries ago in todays context is simply idiotic.
IF his God, watever religion he may be. Can't accept gay ppl as an equal member of the society or into his church. Means ur 'God' is prejudice and is not all-loving. Then to me, he's no God to begin with.
there's nothing wrong wit religion. It's just how stupid his zealots are. Amen...
There are so many layers to this subject and each layer is as volatile as the next.
Being a 'newbie' in this arena, I have encountered many homophobic people i.e. my own brother who has sworn to disown his son if he ever found out his son was gay. So you can tell that I didn't tell him about my 'new found discovery' about myself.
I used to be an extremely staunch Catholic with a very liberal and open mind as I have a few friends who ARE gay and proud. They're kinda like Emmett and gang in "Queer as Folk".
Bro - when I was reading your link to the Bernama sites, it was filled with nothing but hate, ignorance and homophobia. I am not surprised, as most of the people are religious fanatics and medical personnel who still subscribe to the belief that being 'gay' is a choice and is a 'disease' that you can catch. I mean, here's a link that tells you a little about a scientific experiment done - http://mental-health.families.com/blog/homosexuality-inborn-or-learned-behavior-1
There are literally tons and tons more studies if they actually bother to look for it, but being homophobic is so much easier when you are backed by the Quran / Bible etc. I mean, when you pull the God card, who in Heaven is going to argue with you right? Except these Holy Books were written by HUMAN BEINGS who in turn interpreted things to how they saw them. Take for instance the Book of Leviticus in the Bible. It says if a unmarried woman is caught having sex, she is to be stoned to death. Do you see mobs in today's civilized society running around catching all the sexually active unmarried women, burying them in a hole and stoning them to death? We have heard of cases like this happening in the Middle East and there was world-wide condemnation on these cases. So just like how the straight, homophobic public at large can pick and choose what doctrines suit them and what doesn't, why can't I believe that God makes no mistakes and made ME the way I am supposed to be? If I experience true love with another human being, why does it matter that the person has a penis?
That is why I don't attend Mass anymore, not because I don't believe in God anymore, but because I am surrounded by homophobic hypocrites. I say my prayers and use the Holy Rosary at home because in the end, the relationship between the Lord and me is just that. Personal. I do not force my opinions and beliefs upon anyone else and I stay away from people who do.
When is THIS country and others going to learn? *sigh*
Thanks for letting me rant Savant.
...for me, I find it kinda funny...seriously and I agreed like these "...some girls were meant to lick pussies and some men were made to suck cock...anyhow God loves us all, we are created in the image of His." Emmett was agreeing with what Ted told him. *chuckles* I am watching QAF season 1, the part where Emmett trying to turn himself straight lol funny. This is the third time am watching it....again lol.
BeefyJoe - so agree with you. I just discovered the wonderment that is QaF and am loving it, soft porn aside. ;) he he ...
and yes, I TOTALLY agreed with Ted when he was telling Emmett off at the 'See The Light' meeting. I'm getting Season 2 next week. ;)
well said! clap clap!
gawd.. i couldnt believe that bernama took the advice from one of my prof.. he's way too old skool for even the smallest opinion on anything.. which is why his classes are always a bore.. god help us!! we still have more of him to come.. i wonder how would he react if he know one of his students is gay.. lolz..
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