tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post2059915045518101488..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: Legal in New YorkDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-68260471859408879682011-06-28T02:13:15.498+01:002011-06-28T02:13:15.498+01:00Thanks for the heads up. I haven't listened t...Thanks for the heads up. I haven't listened to Bostridge enough to contract an allergy, but I'm pleased indeed to have your recommendations!Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-33326246107880175062011-06-26T12:53:22.127+01:002011-06-26T12:53:22.127+01:00Agreed on both counts, Sir David - and especially ...Agreed on both counts, Sir David - and especially welcome the Biblical refs of the first (St Paul - what a mess).Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-38328251209311193252011-06-26T12:33:48.864+01:002011-06-26T12:33:48.864+01:00Further note
One of the barriers to the formalisa...Further note<br /><br />One of the barriers to the formalisation of gay relationships is the resistance in many minds (in many parts of the USA) to using the word "marriage". I do not think that the gay cause is helped by insisting ( as some do) on using the word so traditionally used of heterosexual marriage, instead of "civil partnership" or some such term, which has the additional advantage David mentionsDavid Damantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-45913765817828219652011-06-26T12:29:10.298+01:002011-06-26T12:29:10.298+01:00I have great difficulty on theological grounds wit...I have great difficulty on theological grounds with the argument that to be a gay Christian is fine so long as one is celibate. Christ said (Matthew 5 27-28) " You have heard that it was said ' Do not commit adultery'. But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart" So one has not only to be celibate but to repress every instinct. I that what the Church of England requires? <br /><br />A great deal of the distrust of sexual activity stems from St Paul, who held that the best thing would be for everyone to abstain completely ( he did allow marriage if one's lust was uncontrollable). So if his preference had been followed the human race would have died out. No doubt he expected the Second Coming to be imminent, but in the absence of which nothing Paul said on the subject of sex can be usefulDavid Damantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-12736692263158633862011-06-25T21:00:47.974+01:002011-06-25T21:00:47.974+01:00Thanks for those observations, both, and hold your...Thanks for those observations, both, and hold your horses, Sue: not the Bostridge, if you please, unless you're one of his devoted fans. Either of the Pears-with-Britten, unless you're as allergic to him as I am to much of IB, or great late Bob Tear, or even Felicity Lott (it was originally written for a soprano)...Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-33316667886712448392011-06-25T20:38:04.499+01:002011-06-25T20:38:04.499+01:00One of those "defectors of conscience" w...One of those "defectors of conscience" was my state senator up here. I'd given up on him coming around and have some skepticism about what may have changed his mind, but I'm going to try to stifle that for now. So, very, very late in coming--one would think we'd have done better in New York. But at least now, it's happened!<br /><br />(On perhaps a slightly related topic: So enjoyed your comment and such a nice welcome back for me! I only recently became aware of Britten's setting of Illuminations. The bit I've heard of the Bostridge CD sounds gorgeous, so yet another item on my "must order" list.)Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-10396512744169149692011-06-25T19:48:32.852+01:002011-06-25T19:48:32.852+01:00I thank who ever it is we should be thanking - str...I thank who ever it is we should be thanking - strangely enough in this case politicians - that marriage equality has been around in Canada for some time now. And strangely it has done nothing to destroy the "sanctity" of holy matrimony that I am aware of. What term you now use is of course up to the individuals involved - we use "spouse" which I must admit has led to some confusion when ask who "she" is and I point to Laurent and say "him". And I find I am still gently correcting elderly aunts and uncles who refer to Laurent as my "friend" and explaining that yes on occasion we are friendly but that's only between matrimonial spats.<br /><br /><br />All that to say: Congratulations New York and welcome to the 21st Century.Willymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03652532356102638621noreply@blogger.com