Saturday, March 30, 2013

Maureen Dowd, "Will Gays Be Punished for Success?": And Just What Has Obama Done to Foster Gay Rights?

In her latest New York Times op-ed entitled "Will Gays Be Punished for Success?" (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/opinion/sunday/dowd-will-gays-be-punished-for-success.html?_r=0), Maureen Dowd snarls:

"GAYS might not win because they’ve already won?

That was the moronic oxymoron at the heart of the Supreme Court debate on same-sex marriage."

"Moronic"? I suppose that's a tad better than labeling the justices "hacks" and accusing the court of "cowardice," as was done by Dowd in prior op-eds (see: http://jgcaesarea.blogspot.co.il/2013/03/maureen-dowd-courting-cowardice-my-wife.html). But before savaging the court for reaching the wrong decision, Maureen should first allow the court to reach a decision.

Dowd goes on to observe:

"But Congress has passed no federal protections for gays on employment, housing and education. In 29 states, it is perfectly legal to fire someone because of his or her sexual orientation. The F.B.I. says the only uptick in hate crimes involves attacks on gays."

Gays are indeed in need of legislative protection, but this is not the fault of the Supreme Court, but rather of Congress. Moreover, President Obama has been less than proactive in advancing gay rights.

Perhaps it might also be "nice" if Dowd were to consider the annual $1.5 billion in aid given by the Obama administration to Egypt, now ruled by the Muslim Brotherhood. What is this aid supporting? See what the Muslim Brotherhood says in its own words in its official English website (http://www.ikhwanweb.com/article.php?id=30731) regarding homosexual relationships:

"The 57th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), taking place from March 4 to 15 at UN headquarters, seeks to ratify a declaration euphemistically entitled ‘End Violence against Women’.

That title, however, is misleading and deceptive. The document includes articles that contradict established principles of Islam, undermine Islamic ethics and destroy the family, the basic building block of society, according to the Egyptian Constitution.

This declaration, if ratified, would lead to complete disintegration of society, and would certainly be the final step in the intellectual and cultural invasion of Muslim countries, eliminating the moral specificity that helps preserve cohesion of Islamic societies.

A closer look at these articles reveals what decadence awaits our world, if we sign this document:

1. Granting girls full sexual freedom, as well as the freedom to decide their own gender and the gender of their partners (ie, choose to have normal or homo-sexual relationships), while raising the age of marriage.

. . . .

4. Granting equal rights to homosexuals, and providing protection and respect for prostitutes.

. . . .

These are destructive tools meant to undermine the family as an important institution; they would subvert the entire society, and drag it to pre-Islamic ignorance.

The Muslim Brotherhood urges the leaders of Muslim countries and their UN representatives to reject and condemn this document, and to call upon this organization to rise to the high morals and principles of family relations prescribed by Islam.

. . . .

The Muslim Brotherhood

Cairo: March 13, 2013"

Kindly keep this in mind, Maureen, when you next sojourn in the Middle East and again denounce Israel, which is the only nation in the region that safeguards gay rights and which has become a "Mecca" for homosexual Palestinians who face arrest and torture at home (see: http://www.timesofisrael.com/gay-palestinian-to-hcj-boot-me-and-theyll-kill-me/). And perhaps remember this when you next use hateful imagery that reeks of anti-Semitism (see: http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/09/maureen-dowd-meets-antisemitism-charge-135700.html).

Yes, I know, anti-Semitism of the kind recently vented by Bill Maher (see: http://www.algemeiner.com/2013/02/18/shocking-bill-maher-says-the-israelis-are-controlling-our-government-video/) is in vogue at The Times (see: http://jgcaesarea.blogspot.co.il/2012/09/is-new-york-times-columnist-maureen.html), but is it any less despicable than bigotry against gays? I don't think so. The one is no more acceptable than the other. Dowd would do well to recall that both Jews and homosexuals were sent to concentration camps by the Nazis.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish those who regularly read this blog happy Passover and Easter holidays. As can be seen below in a chart of the blog's monthly pageviews, your number has been growing, which leads me to believe that there still may be room for moderation and tolerance on this planet. I couldn't wish for more.



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