I received this e-mail from an 'anonymous' person: 'I rarely read your magazine and I am sorry I bothered with the May 7 issue. I see that you have said about the Pope, 'Half-crazy homophobic fuckhead.' But Barbie, who has 'never been fucked' should be canonized. I ask do you respect anything? Do you support the U.S. flag? Do you suppose freedom comes free? And if not, why do you expect to get civil rights? You sound to me like some of the taped conversations of mobster John Gotti. Every other word was a cuss word. There was no respect for anyone or anything. Sure, when Gotti was alive he was in Hell. Why? Because Hell is where everyone hates and cusses everyone else out all the time. Gotti did not have to die to be in Hell.
'You are not that bad, but your life sounds like misery and utter shallowness. Nothing is really respected is it? Does the Pope hold a gun on your and force you to do anything? How do you explain that the Pope is venerated by millions? Are millions to venerate you?
'I doubt the gay community has come of age and reached a respectable level. Don't you think that your writing is counterproductive to the goals of the gay community? Maybe some gays are in the military, maybe some gays are Republicans, and, believe it or not, some may be Catholic!!!!'
I apologize to the above reader and anyone else who was upset by my calling the Pope 'A half-crazy homophobic fuckhead.' That was truly an error of judgment on my part. What I meant to call the Pope was 'A totally crazy homophobic fuckhead.'
To the anonymous reader: When the Pope stops calling gay people 'intrinsically disordered,' and when his church, and the child molesters it harbors, stop interfering in the democratic process of governments granting gay rights, then I'll stop calling him 'A totally crazy homophobic fuckhead.'
Until then, I'll exercise my right to free speech. God bless America.
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Yep, now I've heard it all. Inflatable churches. It's the brainchild of InnovationsUK.com Ltd., who has so far received orders from 20 countries. The church is 47-feet high from ground to steeple, 47-feet long and 25-feet wide, and includes an inflatable organ, altar, pulpit, pews, candles and 'stained glass' windows. The manufacturers hope the church will be used for 'novelty weddings.' I assume it's for the nuptials of inflatable dolls.
It makes you think about other inflatable buildings: Casinos with inflatable slot machines, an inflatable replica of Elvis' Graceland, inflatable abortion clinics, and what about an inflatable Starbucks.
Everything should be inflated. Sometimes I think the whole world should be blown up …