how are things?

In this month's Vanity fair issue, Brad Pitt interviews South Africa's Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, during which they discuss gay rights.

Brad Pitt: So certainly discrimination has no place in Christianity. There's a big argument going on in America right now, on gay rights and equality.

Desmond Tutu: For me, I couldn't ever keep quiet. I came from a situation where for a very long time people were discriminated against, made to suffer for something about which they could do nothing--their ethnicity. We were made to suffer because we were not white. Then, for a very long time in our church, we didn't ordain women, and we were penalizing a huge section of humanity for something about which they could do nothing--their gender. And I'm glad that now the church has changed all that. I'm glad that apartheid has ended. I could not for any part of me be able to keep quiet, because people were being penalized, ostracized, treated as if they were less than human, because of something they could do nothing to change--their sexual orientation. For me, I can't imagine the Lord that I worship, this Jesus Christ, actually concurring with the persecution of a minority that is already being persecuted. The Jesus who I worship is a Jesus who was forever on the side of those who were being clobbered, and he got into trouble precisely because of that. Our church, the Anglican Church, is experiencing a very, very serious crisis. It is all to do with human sexuality. I think God is weeping. He is weeping that we should be spending so much energy, time, resources on this subject at a time when the world is aching.

Brad Pitt: I couldn't agree with you more. Thank you for saying that.

after watching "sicko", i am determined to become a canadian citizen. so if you're canadian and gay, lets get married so i can get universal healthcare. hit me up please.

its kind of cool dissecting cadavers. it amazes me how complicated yet coordinated the human body is. i named my cadaver "gigantor".

we're homies.

word.

tim sucks

project runway. sadness. i'm almost about to give up this season.

get ready for armageddon! august 22nd. mark your calendars!

http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110008768

i know that "passion of the christ" is a favorite movie for a lot of christians. but seeing the events of late and the following article, does it change your opinion about the movie? just curious. i've never seen the movie so i don't really know. i just think he's a loser.


Is Mel Homophobic, Too?

After spending the week trying to convince the public that he’s not an anti-Semite, Mel Gibson is now being accused of homophobia, as well. MSNBC reports that The Passion of the Christ director made anti-gay comments during an interview that took place 14 years ago.

When Spanish newspaper El Pais asked Gibson about homosexuals in 1992, he shot back: “They take it up the a—.” Then pointing at his behind, he said, “This is only for taking a s—t.” He told the reporter that he was once worried that if he became an actor, people would think he was gay.

“But with this look, who’s going to think I’m gay?” he asked. “It would be hard to take me for someone like that. Do I sound like a homosexual? Do I talk like them? Do I move like them?”

After some people were offended by his comments, Playboy magazine asked the actor if he would apologize. “I’ll apologize when hell freezes over,” he told the mag.

Later, when the Washington Post asked Gibson if he was “tolerant,” he replied: “Ahhh, I like to think I am. Perhaps I’m not.”

So, to recap, Mel has already insulted both the Jewish and gay communities. All he has to do now is go on an anti-plastic surgery diatribe and he’ll officially have alienated everyone in Hollywood.

Meanwhile, Us chronicles Mel’s journey from “hunk to drunk” over the last 23 years.

http://www.usmagazine.com/blog/2006/08/02/is-mel-homophobic-too/