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April 30, 2012 4:53 PM   Subscribe

Dan Savage wonders why we can't ignore what the Bible says about homosexuality, when we can selectively ignore all the other bullshit what it says about a wide array of issues and ideas.

Giving a keynote address at the JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention, themed "Journalism on the Edge", Savage was too edgy for some in the crowd, who chose to up and leave when the idea of the Bible and hypocrisy was brought up.

The usual suspects are enjoying a meltdown. In response, Savage has posted a clarification.
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I had not heard of this Dan Savage fellow. His attacks on the bible and his controversial statements that have provoked outrage are completely new to me.
posted by KokuRyu at 4:59 PM on April 30, 2012 [5 favorites]


Savage savage Savage. (plural adjectival noun - verb - proper noun)
posted by Ardiril at 4:59 PM on April 30, 2012 [1 favorite]


A bit on the snarky side there, no?
posted by Splunge at 5:00 PM on April 30, 2012


Wasn't this covered better in the pilot episode of The West Wing?
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 5:01 PM on April 30, 2012


Yes. Logic. That will sway people who believe in an invisible omnipresent deity who cares who sticks what bits in whom.
posted by Etrigan at 5:03 PM on April 30, 2012 [3 favorites]


Shocked! Shocked we are that national Gay-Rights figure Dan Savage speaking at a conference called "Journalism On The Edge" said something mean about the bible!

We are not manufacturing the outrage at all!
posted by lumpenprole at 5:03 PM on April 30, 2012


Some of the students seem genuinely uncomfortable, and many more seem oh-so-titillated by the naughtiness of walking out on a speaker.
posted by Beardman at 5:04 PM on April 30, 2012


KokuRyu: Dan Savage is America's (at least, this generation's) leading sex advice columnist.
posted by Catblack at 5:04 PM on April 30, 2012




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