Wednesday, April 21, 2010

"JUST GOOD FRIENDS"



From the Telegraph:

Should we be sending congratulations to the happy couple? No, of course the Nigerian archbishop and leading voice of the Anglican communion’s anti-gay brigade is no more than just good friends with John Chew, the Primate of South East Asia.


Don't blame me. Blame Susan S.

29 comments:

  1. Normally I wouldn't think twice about this, but Anglican Mainstream's scan of Akinola's retirement party looks gay as a pocketful of rainbows, as Ms Doxy memorably puts it, so one starts to wonder. Get a load of the drapes!

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  2. Lapin the picture is priceless. The drapes give new meaning to gay over-the-topness.

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  3. African men hold hands in public all the time -- it is frowned upon for men and women to hold hands with each other. Cultural context is everything. If you don't know the cultural cues one is doomed to confusion.

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  4. Also I think this photo is old - seems like it went around the net years ago - or maybe this is a new event.

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  5. Can all African men hold hands in public all the time?

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  6. Well, I had seen the pictures of Bush holding hands with (I believe a Saudi prince) but they both looked a little uncomfortable.

    The reason I asked the slightly snarky question leads to the next snarky question . . . Then how do they know which men are Gay? :-)

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  7. Gay men do a lot more than hold hands.

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  8. I understand that, but in public?

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  9. Most gay men in the United States do not hold hands in public except in "safe" areas because they know they are vulnerable to attack. My ex and I only did it when we lived in West Hollywood or when we visited the Castro in SF. (We do kiss when we greet each other in public, though, no matter we are. A very brief, chaste kiss but a kiss nonetheless.)

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  10. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGH!

    People, this is tongue in cheek! Please!

    Yes, folks in many other countries are not so wary of touching each other as a good many tight-assed, pasty-white folks in the US and, especially, in England. People in certain other countries are a great deal more open in showing physical affection, as we are here in South Louisiana.

    To state a generalization which does not apply in every instance: the further north you go, the more frozen the people get.

    The article was meant for laughs, for Gawd's sake.

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  11. Susan, I gather you weren't amused. That's fine. And anyone else who wasn't amused, you're fine, too. :-)

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  12. I was amused! I just didn't put up enough emoticons, I guess. ;-), :o). :-P

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  13. Susan, :-D. The more emoticons, the better. They do wonders for my ego - just so they're happy emoticons.

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  14. I was just blathering to take my mind off the photo, which troubles my stomach, but I regret to say I don't do much with emoticons. But I knew you were funnin', GM.

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  15. Paul, I understand about the picture. As I said, blame Susan S.

    As for the emoticons, you're gonna hafta get with the program or else. :-(

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  16. susan s.

    It was nothing that you said, it's just that image...of those... two....

    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGH!

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  17. Counterlight, as I told Paul, it's all Susan's fault. And where is your emoticon? :-(

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  18. You put my mind at ease, CL, and I fully understand your reaction. It was my first one, too.

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  19. awwwwwwww!! I think they're rather sweet.

    I look forward to the happy announcement of their commitment to togetherness, no doubt forthcoming sometime soon.

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  20. I know it's all in good fun . . . but the irony is, w/ anti-gay hysteria on the rise (in so much of the so-called Global South), this pic could STILL get the Good Archbishops killed.

    Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind!

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  21. JCF, if anyone gets killed, I doubt it will be from the post on my blog. You may not believe it, but, my readers number far fewer than the Telegraph.

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  22. "my readers number far fewer than the Telegraph."

    Tell me it isn't so... no way!

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  23. It would not happen -- this is so normal as to be unremarkable -- if you were to go to Africa you would see men holding hands all the time - - it would be ill mannered not to take your friends hand if offered. Women also -- hand holding is so common.

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  24. I prefer reading you to the Telegraph, Mimi. (Though I don't mind George Pitcher's column.)

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  25. Before I get any more grief about being responsible for a death, let me add that Thinking Anglicans linked to the Telegraph piece, also.

    I kinda, sorta lost a bit of my temper in my longish comment above, and I'm sorry for that. A half-assed apology, I know, but mine was a half-assed temper tantrum, yes?

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