Word: christianize
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...didn’t think there was anything wrong with my reaction—until I sat down to write my column. Two weeks ago, I had decided that I would write my column about judgment—specifically, calling upon Christians to stop being so judgmental towards homosexuals. Many vocal Christian advocacy groups have admonished homosexuals so maliciously that their efforts have yielded more harm than good. They proclaim that their cause is justified because homosexuality is a sin. Perhaps, but so is divorce, a problem that is just as pervasive in the Christian community...
...networks and broadcasters claim that the FCC and the Christian Coalition—which is agitating for the passage of legislation that would increase the maximum amount of indecency fines—are mounting an assault on America’s sacrosanct First Amendment right to free speech; the FCC and the Christian Coalition accuse the networks of endangering America’s commitment to moral hygiene and public decency...
...disagreeing parties are enjoying too greatly the advantages of gridlock: the networks get to cast themselves as constitutional martyrs, the Christian Coalition is able to behave self-righteously, and the FCC is allowed to engage in a little political grandstanding. The only losers are the viewers, who would undoubtedly rather watch TV than this three-ring media circus...
...hasn’t been pinched, cut, filed, painted, sloughed, blown dry, or moisturized. [...] Because I don’t look a thing like Mia Thermopolis. Mia Thermopolis never had fingernails. Mia Thermopolis never had blond highlights. Mia Thermopolis never wore makeup or Gucci shoes or Chanel skirts or Christian Dior bras, which by the way don’t even come in 32A, which is my size. I don’t even know who I am anymore. It certainly isn’t Mia Thermopolis. She’s turning me into someone else...
...legislation received wide support from religious organizations, such as the Asian American Christian Fellowship, although the Black Students Association and the Harvard Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, and Supporters Alliance (BGLTSA) came to speak out against...