Slog - Comments on Does God Love Michael's Two Daddies? http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies It's gotta be a trick question--everybody knows that God hates fags, right? My God. What's not to love about this book? First, there's the author's name. If Sheila K. Butt isn't a highly placed operative of the International Homosexual Conspiracy I'll eat my tit clamps. Second, there's the fact that the Christian right felt it necessary to bring out a book like Does God Loves Michael's Two Daddies? at all. Clearly children with opposite-sex fundamentalist parents are encountering children with same-sex gay or lesbian parents--oh, the humanity!--coming home and asking questions. Good. Third, this book shows that the fundies are,... Copyright 2008 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:29:12 -0800 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:17:39 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by NapoleonXIV God has consigned Michael's two daddies to the eternal flames of Hell, and if Michael doesn't denounce them and turn to Jesus, he's gonna be next.

Jeez--don't you ever read Jack Chick?

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c840930 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c840930 Religion Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:33:08 -0800 Comment by Atheist Adam I love Jack Chick's little notes of inspiration. I used to collect them from all the fundies passing them out because they are so absurd that they're almost cool. Nowadays, they never have the Chick comics when I ask and instead want to hand me a magazine. I tell them to fuck off.

]]> Atheist Adam http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c840942 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c840942 Religion Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:39:08 -0800 Comment by Jerod Looks like Seth and Sara's mommy has a bit of a drinking problem. The half closed eyes, the vacant smile... Christ, I can smell the Johny Walker in that iced tea from here!

]]> Jerod http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c840952 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c840952 Religion Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:48:04 -0800 Comment by gillsans The nutjobs in the media don't speak for all Christians? What a shock!

]]> gillsans http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c840957 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c840957 Religion Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:52:17 -0800 Comment by Fnarf All I know for sure is, every time a faggot has an orgasm an angel dies. That's why they call it "le petit mort, the little death". Angels are little, you see.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c840963 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c840963 Religion Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:55:00 -0800 Comment by Bont I wonder if they ever show Seth and Sara's parents meeting Michael's parents, perhaps at a soccer game or school play. I'm wllling to bet they'd keep their god-mouths shut in person instead of trying to save their souls from hell.


]]> Bont http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c840971 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c840971 Religion Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:05:20 -0800 Comment by louley Speaking of religious-right-zealot-fundie-backfires, here's a really cool story about a high school girl who is taking part in her high school production of The Laramie Project (a play based on Matthew Shepard's death), which her own mother, co-founder of anti-gay rights group, MassResistance.

After she told her mom that she's in the play, she came out as a lesbian.

Tough break, biggot mom!

http://queertoday.blogspot.com/2007/10/massresistance-daughter-i-am-lesbian.html

]]> louley http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c840976 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c840976 Religion Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:08:06 -0800 Comment by louley Hmm. I meant to say that Her mom is trying to gain community support to protest and have the play shut down.

oops.

]]> louley http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c840981 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c840981 Religion Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:10:59 -0800 Comment by mj Fnarf, is it the excitement or the sin that kills them? Hmmmm. Just wondering!

Not all Angels are little some are quite big.

]]> mj http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c841011 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c841011 Religion Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:36:43 -0800 Comment by JenK *sigh*

Why, oh why, did I look at that cover and think it would be a book about gay Christians? Obviously the sunlight is bringing on hallucinations.

]]> JenK http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c841014 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c841014 Religion Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:38:59 -0800 Comment by sociallytangent I don't think the two reviews up there are one pro, one con. They both seem unashamedly 'con' to me -- except that the first one is couched in true Colbert style, otherwise known as Vintage Internet Troll. The good ones, you know, the ones you have to read all the way through before you recognize them.

]]> sociallytangent http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c841058 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c841058 Religion Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:07:35 -0800 Comment by jack Of course God loves Michael's two daddies...he just hates all that messy santorum they leave all over the sheets! If they wanted to engage in manly love, God would prefer that they become priests or Republican senators. Oh, and Michael shouldn't call them both "Daddy"--just the one on top. The other one should be "Uncle Joe" or "Father Priestly."

]]> jack http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c841070 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c841070 Religion Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:15:46 -0800 Comment by Tlazolteotl I was surprised that the 'pro' review was not by General J.C. Christian. I'm sure he would have given an equally helpful review though.

]]> Tlazolteotl http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c841074 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c841074 Religion Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:17:15 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle If this was poetry it would just have to sell 50 copies in a month to get on the top ten bestsellers list.

Think about it.

Rewrite the book as a series of poems for kids.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c841082 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c841082 Religion Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:20:56 -0800 Comment by J. Martin Of course God loves Michael's two daddies...just like Jesus loved his two daddies.

]]> J. Martin http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c841102 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c841102 Religion Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:28:26 -0800 Comment by Jeff in SF I think you're missing the point. This book isn't meant for fundies and their kids. The writers want to fool people looking for pro-gay info into buying anti-gay propaganda.

Look at the cover: "Does God Love" is tiny and easily missed. "Michael's Two Daddies" is in huge print and could be confused with pro-gay titles like "Heather Has Two Mommies. If it were meant for fundies, it'd be reversed.

]]> Jeff in SF http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c841161 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c841161 Religion Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:09:35 -0800 Comment by cindy b I go to a very small mainline Christian church in Seattle and on many Sundays the only kids there are the sweet, lovely, well-behaved biracial adopted kids of the only gay couple in our congregation. We are privileged to have them, and yes, God loves them and their daddies.

]]> cindy b http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c841168 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c841168 Religion Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:14:39 -0800 Comment by Gitai I think you're spot on about this backfiring, but the closer analogy is drug education. Fundie parents who buy this for their questioning kids are basically presenting the gay parenting equivalent of Reefer Madness, and when their kids contrast the misery depicted with the reality of well adjusted children of gay men, they're going to start questioning a lot of other things they've been told.

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c841177 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c841177 Religion Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:25:42 -0800 Comment by Sargon Bighorn The untold story is that Michael was found in a dumpster by one of his Dads. The young girl that threw Michael in the dumpster was concerned that her God-fearing evangelical parents would beat her if they knew she was pregnant; she feared burning in hell if she had an abortion. Now sweet little Michael has a loving home and caring parents....

I'll get the book published soon.

]]> Sargon Bighorn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c841249 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c841249 Religion Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:42:16 -0800 Comment by Mika This "book" is pure crap - and I donīt pay for crap.

]]> Mika http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c841309 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c841309 Religion Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:32:30 -0800 Comment by Irena Neither of the reviews is "pro". You need to go back and read the first one again.

]]> Irena http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c841604 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/does_god_love_michaels_two_daddies#c841604 Religion Sat, 03 Nov 2007 22:23:48 -0800 Comment by Bento Gitai - I think you've hit the nail on the head. My neice was raised JW, but now's she's hit 19, and has discovered pubs and boys (or, more specifically, shagging, I assume), has begun to question all that was instilled throughout her childhood.

We should be encouraging the fundies to churn out this tripe, so that they expose themselves for the ridiculous hysterics they are.

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