As if the people of New Orleans didn't have enough to deal with in the wake of hurricane Katrina, a storm of groups world-wide is making ridiculous claims as to the divine motivations behind the storm.
The Bosh wants to point out at once, to all among its readers who might not realize this, that a metaphysical abstraction, even if chattered about by people for many thousands of years, can not possibly influence the course of a terrestrial storm. As Woody Allen once said: "Not only is there no God, try getting a plumber on the weekends."
Anyway, first is was Al-Qaeda and the Colombian Christians for Life chiming in with their two cents, now it is the Gay and Lesbian Catholics for Violent Change. This little-known group has absurdly proclaimed that Katrina struck New Orleans for the enormous amount of heterosexual sex within marriage taking place in the city on a daily basis. GLCVC says that although gays may be relatively open in New Orleans, the heterosexual married percentage of the population made its influence felt even in the gayest of bedrooms and that "God" sent Katrina to, in the words of the organization's founder "clean the pig sty out."
The Bosh deplores that attitude. Some of the most productive and most delightful people in the world are married heterosexuals. The mere fact of having been oppressed since the beginning of time by heterosexuals does not give gays the right to make heterophobic statements. (By Scott Rose)
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