Shocked!! Shocked, I tell you!!!

[Fryk]

Pagan, would that be Biff Tannen? Cause I would SO read that book.

[Stormraven]

I wouldn't sensationalise any of it beyond what's found in the source book. The idea came after I realised that a great many fundies have never actually read the entire book, and have only the vaguest idea what's inside.

[Pagan]

I have toyed, now and again, with doing a rewrite of the thing as a fantasy novel. Change names, of course, and a few other things to make it less immediately obvious, but not enough to make it hard to figure out.

I would just love to see some of the Fundies out there bitch and moan about it, then point out that everything I wrote about was in their own 'holy' book.

It could be a companion piece to "Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff".

And what would you do with Mary Magdalen?

[Ghel]

I thought it was Peter? Maybe both? And Judas too? Oooh the DRAMA!

Jesus did say to "love thy neighbor as thyself."

[NorthernZel]

This is an AWESOME idea. In line with the subject of this thread, I'd love to see what you would write about John, the disciple that Jesus "loved."

I thought it was Peter? Maybe both? And Judas too? Oooh the DRAMA!

[smileyeagle1021]

This is an AWESOME idea. In line with the subject of this thread, I'd love to see what you would write about John, the disciple that Jesus "loved."

Come now, everyone knows that Jesus was having an affair with Judas and the whole selling him to the Romans thing was just a really bad lovers quarrel

[Ghel]

I have toyed, now and again, with doing a rewrite of the thing as a fantasy novel.

This is an AWESOME idea. In line with the subject of this thread, I'd love to see what you would write about John, the disciple that Jesus "loved."

[Stormraven]

I have toyed, now and again, with doing a rewrite of the thing as a fantasy novel. Change names, of course, and a few other things to make it less immediately obvious, but not enough to make it hard to figure out.

I would just love to see some of the Fundies out there bitch and moan about it, then point out that everything I wrote about was in their own 'holy' book.

[Pagan]

Because the Bible doesn't specifically mention lesbians but is very blunt about gay men... and you know how many Americans are dependent on a 2000 year old piece of fiction to do their thinking for them.

I always forget about that particular anthology. Guess I should actually read it one day. But I rather like being a heathen.

[Rapscallion]

Because the Bible doesn't specifically mention lesbians but is very blunt about gay men... and you know how many Americans are dependent on a 2000 year old piece of fiction to do their thinking for them.

http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/rom/1.html#26

Lesbians mentioned specifically in the bible. Of course, this is Paul. Notorious for not accepting ... much at all, really.

Rapscallion

[smileyeagle1021]

What the hell is it about gay men that scares Americans?

Because the Bible doesn't specifically mention lesbians but is very blunt about gay men... and you know how many Americans are dependent on a 2000 year old piece of fiction to do their thinking for them.

[Pagan]

I think very few surprise me because I ceased caring who likes/kisses/sleeps with who years ago.

On 27 March 2007, after speculation and tabloid rumours dating back to his Idol appearances, Anthony Callea publicly acknowledged that he was gay by issuing a statement confirming his sexuality and thanking his fans and his then-partner, Paul.

On 30 March 2007, Michael Kirby, then a judge of the High Court of Australia, described Callea as an "admirable Australian" for coming out. Justice Kirby added, "In terms of influencing popular culture and understanding of the reality of human sexual diversity, I would trade ten judges for one popular singer."

This is what pisses me off about the US so much. Adam Lambert does pretty much the same thing 2 years later, but here, he's evil incarnate. Parents won't let their kids listen to him now.

And how was what he did on the AMA's any worse than Madonna humping the stage in 1984, "Vogue" in 1990, or kissing Britney and Christina. And those all happened in time slots that were earlier.

What the hell is it about gay men that scares Americans?

John Barrowman....ok, slightly cheating, but he has a major role as Captain Jack Harkness in Torchwood (and is extremely HOT for a gay guy)

What I find hilarious is that he was considered too "straight" to play Will on "Will & Grace". So they go find somebody straight....

[jackfaire]

Nope. Nor when lance Bass did. Was when Neil Patrick Harris did though. Completly shocked on that one.

Seriously of the three that was the only one I suspected.

[smileyeagle1021]

As fireheart said, both Lane and McKellan have done extremely well for themselves. (Both, btw, are first and foremost theatre actors, and the theatre tends to be much more forgiving about this kind of thing.)

They were also noted actors before they came out.

[RootedPhoenix]

That seems like a double standard to me....a straight person can play gay but a gay person can't play straight?

Yeah, that bugs me too. If someone is a good actor/actress why does their real life matter? I'm ...more than puzzled, but can't find a better word for it.