Tuesday, April 17, 2018

The Perversion of America

The question from Sen. Cory Booker was blunt: "Do you believe that gay sex is a perversion? Yes or no?" Sitting in witness chair at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing was CIA Director Mike Pompeo, nominated by President Trump to be Secretary of State.

The former Kansas congressman began to answer, but Booker interrupted: "Yes or no, sir. Do you believe that gay sex is a perversion that is what you said here in one of your speeches? Yes or no, do you believe gay sex is a perversion?".

Mike Pompeo didn't have a chance to explore the etymology of the word "Perversion" in his Senate testimony last Thursday.

Pompeo quoted the words of Summit Church's senior pastor Joe Wright: "We have worshipped other gods and called it multiculturalism. We have endorsed perversion and called it an alternative lifestyle." In fact, those words are from a very famous prayer Pastor Wright gave in 1996 at the Kansas state legislature, which provoked nationwide attention as the evangelical minister asked God's forgiveness for a number of sins.

A student of rhetoric might observe that Booker was not asking Pompeo whether homosexuality can be defined as a perversion; anyone could consult a dictionary for that.

Words mean things, and the accusation of "Homophobia" - which is what Sen. Booker was driving at in his questions about "Perversion" - requires us to believe that Mike Pompeo's disapproval of homosexuality is rooted in an irrational fear.

Whereas once Ellis claimed "Expert" knowledge of the causes of perversion as a mental disease, nowadays it is normal people who are subject to diagnosis as being afflicted with a "Phobia" if they express disapproval toward homosexuality.

https://spectator.org/the-perversion-of-america/

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