Poor thing. I'm sure the two minutes' internet hate has begun and he's probably already been bullied into an apology. Two things surprise me in this clip. 1) An actor thinking an issue through and expressing a little hesitation, however mildly (and ultimately incoherently). 2) That Jeremy Irons isn't gay.
Irons will certainly catch hell for comparing gay marriage to incest, but before anyone tells you that's crazy talk, I'll just point out a few items.
A Political Science Professor at Columbia is defending himself against incest charges not by innocence -- he admits a three year sexual relationship with his own daughter-- but on gay marriage grounds.
(Every time I think Columbia can't sink any lower I am wrong.)
Here are a few other links, posted without (much!) comment as simply signs of the times.
- Remember a couple of decades ago when the APA said homosexuality wasn't a disorder? Many researchers taking a different view of pedophilia.Think that's an outlier? Pedophilia is a sexual orientation under CA bill.
- Gay marriage activist: "The institution of marriage should not exist." Read why.
- Gay Danish couples win right to marry in any Church in the country. Let's keep an eye on what happens to the 1/3 of priests & pastors who say they will under no circumstances perform such ceremonies.
- In January a judge in New Jersey ruled it was unconstitutional for a Methodist church to refuse to perform same-sex weddings.
- Gay students try to oust the Catholic Chaplain from GW University because he doesn't support homosexuality.
Legacy and Bergen say they are primarily upset about the counseling Shaffer offers. They say he urges students who have homosexual feelings to lead a life of celibacy.
