Jewish people have for centuries in Europe been labelled as 'grotesque'. Images of Jewish people have been routinely made to look strange. Noses, symbolically phallic, have been used to make non Jewish people aware of their Jewish neighbours.
When a cardinal of the catholic church uses the word to describe the celebration of a same sex couple's relationship, then we know there is something profoundly wrong. Gay people are being used as scapegoats as has groups as black and asian, lesbian, gay, transgender and queer people. We are one step away from the vilification of Jews by the Nazis.
Strong words.
ReplyDeleteWas Cardnal O'Brien's message in the Sunday Telegraph the same one to which you referred in yesterday's blog? If not, could you send me a copy as well, please?
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... the odd thing about O'Brien's piece in the Sunday Telegraph was that there was very little (if any) religious basis to it. Not based on scripture, tradition or reason, but venom.
ReplyDeleteAs with most rabble rousers it is not surprising that the bases of the attack is venom. I cannot grasp why he chooses this subject to bang on about.
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