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...religious right has not lobbied for anti-twig-picking legislation. As for homosexuality, the message of Christianity is as St. Augustine described: "With love for mankind and hatred of sins." Had Mr. Araujo a true understanding of the religion he so belittles, he'd see how Christians can reject some of the harshness of the Old Testament and still refuse to yield on this issue of gay "rights." The sanctity of marriage is not something Christians can toss aside in an effort to conform to a shallow, PC understanding of Christian love and tolerance. BRONWEN C. MCSHEA...
Five years ago, my sister shared with me that her son is gay. Since I was close to my nephew, I asked why he did not "come out" to me--only to be told that he was afraid I would reject him. This really saddened me. I called him immediately and told him that I loved him. It was the first time I realized that someone I knew and loved...
...Heaney faced a different problem--cramming what he called the "giant ingots" of the Anglo-Saxon tongue into the "itty bitty tiny" parameters of moden English, parameters Heaney has broken through with consummate skill in much of his own poetry. His main means of combating this problem was to reject the use of the heraldic language so often used for Beowulf in translation, choosing instead to cast the poem in the pre-chivalric voice of relatives he remembers from childhood as "big-voiced scullions." Thus, in the end, Heaney comes back to the memories of his childhood that so fascinated...
...Cinematic Culture Police at Sundance and elsewhere turn up their noses and close their festivals to new directors. In response, the filmmakers hold the Reject FilmFest in Philadelphia and show new classics like Trout, the tale of a man and his talking fish...
...well have to face the electorate as early as next March, but the Israeli leader's reluctant signature at Wye could be a strategy to keep his job. "Netanyahu knew centrist voters would reject him if he didn't sign," says Beyer. "Polls show that an overwhelming majority of Israelis back this agreement. The right-wing opposition is very vocal, but it's a minority." That doesn't mean that Netanyahu has reversed his own ideological opposition to trading land for peace. Says Beyer, "Netanyahu can live with this deal because he knows...