“What it comes to is that your conception of human nature may be not
merely wrong, but impolite. If you think God or nature had a purpose in
making two sexes, so that sodomy isn’t quite on a par with making babies,
please—keep it to yourself! In Washington, sodomy isn’t disapproved;
but the word sodomy is, and you can damage your career by using it
in public. You are expected to let on that you’d be horrified to learn
that your son smokes Camels, but proud to learn that he’s gay. Would
these be the reactions of any parent you know? What hypocrisy! But
such is sophistication. We display our refinement by pretending not to
have natural feelings. In the space of a few years, the tradition of
millennia is repudiated. What’s more, the repudiation is mandatory for
everyone. You might think that a liberal, tolerant society would leave
a little room for what, until recently, everyone assumed, but no!—no
trace of the old attitude is permitted. The one thing liberalism has
‘zero tolerance’ for is the past. We live in a pluralistic society now,
where everyone must think and talk alike, in keeping with the latest
federal diversity guidelines. Needless to say, there is precious little
diversity about all this.” —Joseph Sobran
Quoted in http://archive.patriotpost.us/pub/07-15_Brief/page-2.php
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