Severin,
So if academics in universities cannot write anything positive about heterosexual married men, then are they welcommed into universities or not?

Thanks for your welcoming hugs, sinners :+)

Yeah, no wonder that Jesus, being wise and all, never came back as he promised. Fundamentalist males, who love him just a little too much, would be a good repellent.

You have worked out a great way to have fun, Suze!

I too ROFL when I read Woulfe’s comment about Leigh and his wife. But HELP!...now I will have this image in my head everytime I read a typical “Leigh” post.

Foxy you always manage to find the most appropriate quotes. I seem to have too little time to post, but will whenever I can.

Richie10,
“The good book says that we must take the whole book not just the pieces we agree with…”
I don’t disagree that it is better to take 'any' whole book into consideration rather than just the parts one likes, but I wonder how it is possible applying that to the Bible, as there are so many contradictions.

Pynchme, I found it very interesting what you wrote about cavemen etc. I once read an article that there indeed is an evolutionary advantage of having a presence of some homosexual people in the family and community especially because in those rough times, a proportion of parents died at a young age- at an age when their children were still too young to be able to care for themselves. Then, it was of much advantage of the group’s survival that there were some childless family members who could take over the care of the kids.

You might have already come across this article but it’s an interesting read, too:
“Having Older Brothers Increases a Man's Odds of Being Gay”
http://tinyurl.com/2vggfyy

Vanna,
You can always “hire a crowd” to applaud heterosexual males at a uni’s entrance. I’m sure they’ll understand your pain, too.

I think that Samantha Stevenson makes a mistake by singling out straight women in her title.
Including same-sex marriage is good for everyone (not just straight women); it means that a society is civil and does not discriminate against people because of their different sexual orientation.

Dear Vanna,

I wasn't able to respond to you earlier because
I'd used up all of my posts.

Finally, here I am.

You stated to me that it, "sounds like a university
feminist going on and on about patriarchy..."

Waleed Aly, the author that I cited happens to be
a married male. I happened to cite from his book,
"People like Us," because he was speaking about
the deep inability of each of us to comprehend
the other; which resulted in
a world of much mutual stereotyping and
consequent ignorance.

As for myself, I'm a happily married young working
mother, with a husband and family.
My husband and I work together
side by side. I'm not an academic, although
I do have several university degrees, however, I don't
see the world in terms of gender, or labels. I believe
that a person's individual human qualities, rather
than his or her biological sex, is the primary
measure of a person's worth and achievement.

As for homosexuality, My attitude is, enjoy your own
sex life (so long as it damages nobody else) and leave
others to enjoy theirs, in private, whatever their
inclinations, which are none of your business.

I trust that clarifies things for you.

Dear Suze,

I'm glad that you liked the Jesus joke,
and you're most welcome to a group hug.
In fact, several group hugs!

Dear Severin,

Keep on posting.

Please!

Hey you lot, we'll have no more of those sinful single-gender group hugs please, you will have the neighbours talking. :P

It is infinitely more harmful to perpetuate this sort of intolerance than it is to accept people for their differences. The test should be - First Do No Harm. There is greater harm from intolerance. Why should people of the same sex be pilloried just because they love each other? Love is perfectly 'natural'.

Homosexuals have been around for centuries which suggests it is nothing new nor anything to be feared.

>> But HELP!...now I will have this image in my head everytime I read a typical “Leigh” post.

Sorry, but it gets worse: on the days he doesn’t post you now have to imagine him vigorously but quietly gnawing on an old slipper.

Foxy,
I really don’t want to know your history.

The author does a critique of our current Prime Minister and mentions their gender, marriage status and sexual preferences.

This breaks the rules of the anti-discrimination policy of the Curtin University (her employer) which states:-

"Harassment is any behaviour that is unreasonable and
inappropriate and which is unwanted by the victim. The
behaviour may be deliberate (for example verbal abuse
or threat of physical violence) or covert (for example
criticism, exclusion or unrealistic/degrading demands).
It is usually based on some real or perceived difference
such as sex, race or disability."

The author should best concentrate on the policies of the Prime Minister, which no one seems to know about as yet.

I have never heard of anyone from an Australian university who has ever made a single positive statement about married, heterosexual males, with ever statement made by academics being negative of married, heterosexual males.

This does clearly appear to be continuous discrimination by university academics, and it does appear to be completely accepted by university admissistration.

I would think start shutting universities down, and divert the money elsewhere in education.