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Discriminatory Pope
Life has been terribly busy and blogging has been left behind, but I'll catch up eventually.
I had been wanting to blog about the Pope's decision of barring gays from becoming priests but didn't have a chance. This week though I've read Andrew Sullivan's article The Vatican's New Stereotype in Time Magazine and he has just said everything that was on my mind so I'll just forward you to his article and... please read it!
Andrew Sullivan writes The Daily Fish. I've just read read a little bit and it's a great, great site, there's no entry I can say I like more than the other. It'll have to go on my favorites!
This is Royce Carlton's (his agent) words about him:
Andrew Sullivan is one of the most popular bloggers and provocative social and political commentators today. An essayist for TIME magazine, a columnist for the Sunday Times of London and senior editor at The New Republic, he also is the editor of andrewsullivan.com, a daily destination for readers seeking informed commentary on international affairs, domestic politics, religion and faith, culture and more.
Andrewsullivan.com is a collection of his columns and articles from major publications, links to noteworthy articles by other writers, and “The Daily Dish” — his incisive and blunt observations about current events and people in the news.
The former editor-in-chief of The New Republic magazine, Sullivan was the youngest editor in its history and was acknowledged for making the magazine more relevant to readers of his generation. He stirred controversy with his widely influential critique of the Clinton health-care plan, the publication of Charles Murray’s The Bell Curve, his pioneering coverage of gay rights, the Supreme Court and affirmative action, and his acclaimed reporting and writing on the Bosnian War. He was named Editor of the Year by Adweek and received National Magazine Awards for Reporting, General Excellence and Public Interest.
Sullivan’s critically-acclaimed landmark book, Virtually Normal: An Argument About Homosexuality, was the first to argue for civil marriage rights for gay couples. It set the gay rights movement’s agenda for the following decade. He also is the author of Same Sex Marriage: Pro and Con and Love Undetectable: Notes on Friendship, Sex and Survival. A practicing Catholic, he has challenged the Church’s position on gay life and has written extensively on the crises in the Church.
His articles have appeared in The New Republic, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post and Esquire, with titles ranging from “This Is a Religious War” and “The Real Gay Agenda: Addressing Some Misconceptions” to “Who Says the Church Can’t Change?” and, on the controversy at Harvard, “Larry and the Women: In Defense of Summers.”
A seasoned lecturer, Sullivan has spoken extensively on college campuses. He is a regular guest on The Chris Matthews Show, Charlie Rose, Anderson Cooper 360°, Meet The Press, Face the Nation, Nightline, NPR’s Fresh Air and Larry King Live.
A native of England, Sullivan came to the U.S. on a Harkness Fellowship, the British equivalent of the Rhodes Scholarship. He holds an M.A. in Public Administration from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and a Ph.D in political philosophy from its Government Department. He earned his undergraduate degree at Oxford, where he honed his speaking skills as President of the Oxford Student Union, the debating and political center of the University.
