Slog - Comments on O They Will Know We Are Catholic Prelates By... http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate ...how transparently we project. VATICAN CITY (AP) -- A Vatican official suspended after being caught on hidden camera making advances to a young man said in an interview published Sunday that he is not gay and was only pretending to be gay as part of his work. In an interview with La Repubblica newspaper, Monsignor Tommaso Stenico said he frequented online gay chat rooms and met with gay men as part of his work as a psychoanalyst. He said that he pretended to be gay in order to gather information about ''those who damage the image of the Church with... Copyright 2008 Sun, 14 Oct 2007 09:09:34 -0800 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:32:58 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Michigan Matt This doesn't sound so unusual, frankly. I've been pretending to be gay for years. In fact, I'm off to pretend that I'm really enamored by the costumes and scenery in Elizabeth: The Golden Years. I'll also be pretending that I think Clive Owen is attractive. Let's pretend!

]]> Michigan Matt http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825087 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825087 Religion Sun, 14 Oct 2007 09:22:42 -0800 Comment by Michigan Matt And by Years I mean Age. Darned Papists!

]]> Michigan Matt http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825088 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825088 Religion Sun, 14 Oct 2007 09:23:48 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage Yesterday I pretended to be gay at the matinee of The Drowsy Chaperone on Broadway. I got so swept up in pretending to be gay that I actually cried at the end. See how seductive homosexuality is? You just pretend to be gay for two hours and then you've got tears streaming down your face and a burning hunger for cock--I mean, the original Broadway cast recording (pretty much the same thing), which I'm listening to right now.

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825089 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825089 Religion Sun, 14 Oct 2007 09:28:49 -0800 Comment by Paul In SF True or false: Many priests are closeted gays. Many Republicans are closeted gays. Therefore many priests are Republicans.

]]> Paul In SF http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825091 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825091 Religion Sun, 14 Oct 2007 09:35:28 -0800 Comment by Gabriel @4 False.

]]> Gabriel http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825093 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825093 Religion Sun, 14 Oct 2007 09:41:52 -0800 Comment by Gabriel The Monsignor is absolutely right: the only way they can cleanse their ranks of the dreaded homos is to make gay advances as often as possible. It's like getting someone to stop smoking by forcing them to smoke an entire pack of Marlboros at once.

]]> Gabriel http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825095 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825095 Religion Sun, 14 Oct 2007 09:49:05 -0800 Comment by Gabriel Dan, can I ask you a question as a straight man? In your mysterious and faraway world, is the sky still blue? Does it rain candy?

]]> Gabriel http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825096 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825096 Religion Sun, 14 Oct 2007 09:51:10 -0800 Comment by Mud Baby Clearly this individual is trying to one-up Larry Craig.

]]> Mud Baby http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825098 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825098 Religion Sun, 14 Oct 2007 09:58:33 -0800 Comment by RonK, Seattle "Io non sono omosessuale.
Non lo sono mai stato omosessuale."

]]> RonK, Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825102 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825102 Religion Sun, 14 Oct 2007 10:16:15 -0800 Comment by It's Mark Mitchell We saw Patrick Wolf and the amazing Bishi at Neumo's last night.

Didn't have to pretend anything. It was full of delightful babygays who seemed the best kind of OK, and pretty happy with who they were.

]]> It's Mark Mitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825103 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825103 Religion Sun, 14 Oct 2007 10:18:59 -0800 Comment by Irena "mysterious and faraway world"?

The gentleman doth protest too much, methinks.

]]> Irena http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825104 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825104 Religion Sun, 14 Oct 2007 10:21:18 -0800 Comment by Kat *laugh* "mysterious and faraway world" doesn't sound condemning...it sounds wistful. "Oh, that I could find that mysterious and faraway world of unicorns and rainbows, where the air is thick with birds singing Broadway hits and men romp freely in the green, green grass!"

]]> Kat http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825108 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825108 Religion Sun, 14 Oct 2007 10:34:40 -0800 Comment by Jean Claude Ferrand the far away world sound a little like the christian heaven, n'estpas?

and gay sex has made it possible fro me to visit many, many times --- even chanting oh, jesus, jesus, jesus and god, god, god

welcome mes freres

]]> Jean Claude Ferrand http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825147 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825147 Religion Sun, 14 Oct 2007 12:55:11 -0800 Comment by Gurldoggie Hell, if Larry Craig can pretend to be straight it makes sense that SOMEONE can pretend to be gay. No?

]]> Gurldoggie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825148 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825148 Religion Sun, 14 Oct 2007 12:59:00 -0800 Comment by SDA in SEA I think maybe I'll pretend to be gay and suck some cock this afternoon.

Just for research purposes, of course. It's for your own good.

]]> SDA in SEA http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825154 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825154 Religion Sun, 14 Oct 2007 13:14:32 -0800 Comment by Michigan Matt @3 Oooooh! The Drowsy Chaperone! I have neither seen that one nor heard its music. But apparently it's good, huh? I almost always get weepy at the end of musicals. Oh, Oklahoma!

Speaking of a mysterious and faraway world, I'm happy to report that Elizabeth defeated the dirty Spaniards while looking STUNNING in her finery. Stunning, I tell you. Thank you Cate Blanchett, for existing.

]]> Michigan Matt http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825162 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825162 Religion Sun, 14 Oct 2007 13:35:55 -0800 Comment by Bont Avast, fer a swig of your grog and a gold doubloon, I'll tell you of a mysterious and faraway land, where many a brave sailor has ventured, never to return...

]]> Bont http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825172 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825172 Religion Sun, 14 Oct 2007 14:11:33 -0800 Comment by Charlie Royer "England shall not fall, so long as I'm a Queen!"

]]> Charlie Royer http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825247 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825247 Religion Sun, 14 Oct 2007 19:14:35 -0800 Comment by Issur In Orthodox Judaism there are no gay men in high positions who pretend they are not gay. There simply are no gay men in Orthodox Judaism. It's a religion of truth.

Only Christianity has this kind of hypocrisy.

]]> Issur http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825432 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825432 Religion Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:06:22 -0800 Comment by derek So all those priests haven't been abusing all those boys after all, they've been doing research. That explains everything!

]]> derek http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825505 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825505 Religion Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:17:25 -0800 Comment by warren And I suppose there's a magic boat and flute, with a rather large critter named H.R.Puffinstuff there too? Where can I book passage to this mysterious and faraway world?
LOL

]]> warren http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825968 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/o_they_will_know_we_are_catholic_prelate#c825968 Religion Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:32:58 -0800