Comments on: Ward Eleven: Three vie for Benson’s South Minneapolis seat http://minnesotaindependent.com/46195/ward-eleven-three-vie-for-bensons-south-minneapolis-council-seat News. Politics. Media. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:48:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Fredric Markus http://minnesotaindependent.com/46195/ward-eleven-three-vie-for-bensons-south-minneapolis-council-seat/comment-page-1#comment-40480 Fredric Markus Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:27:54 +0000 http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=46195#comment-40480 I could say that I support John Quincy because he is balding and does a fair imitation of a teapot ("short and stout"). But then I'm all three of the above, so my bias is pretty evident. More to the point, I know that John was a leading figure in the decision by St. Stephens' parish council to depart the premises rather than accept blatantly homophobic instructions emanating from the Roman Catholic Archbishopric. As a former Papal seminarian, a gay man of senior years, and a fairly cogent student of these matters, I feel very strongly about conservative intransigence over well-established understandings about the nuances of human sexuality. Wrong-headed and antidiluvian are far too mild descriptors of papal revanchism in these matters and I think highly of John Q. for having voted with his feet. I could say that I support John Quincy because he is balding and does a fair imitation of a teapot (“short and stout”). But then I’m all three of the above, so my bias is pretty evident. More to the point, I know that John was a leading figure in the decision by St. Stephens’ parish council to depart the premises rather than accept blatantly homophobic instructions emanating from the Roman Catholic Archbishopric.

As a former Papal seminarian, a gay man of senior years, and a fairly cogent student of these matters, I feel very strongly about conservative intransigence over well-established understandings about the nuances of human sexuality. Wrong-headed and antidiluvian are far too mild descriptors of papal revanchism in these matters and I think highly of John Q. for having voted with his feet.

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