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- From: donal@brewich.hou.tx.us (Donal)
- Newsgroups: alt.pagan
- Subject: Re: Faggots and witches (again)
- Message-ID: <ZeR0VB3w165w@brewich.hou.tx.us>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 22:24:10 CST
- References: <1992Dec22.194238.16593@netcom.com>
- Organization: The Brewers' Witch BBS, +1 713 272 7350, Brewich.Hou.TX.US
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- barry@netcom.com (Kenn Barry) writes:
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- > In article <1992Dec22.175528.3934@news.acns.nwu.edu> Albert-Lunde@nwu.edu (Al
- > >This is in a footnote from Robin Morgan "Going Too Far", in chapter
- > >"Politics of Sado-Masochistic Fantasies". (P235 paperback ed.):
- > >
- > >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- > >... By calling _themselves_ "faggots," they affirm those homosexual
- > >males persecuted in the Middle Ages: "When a woman was to be burned
- > >as a witch, men accused of homosexuality were bound and mixed
- > >with the bundles of kindling (faggots) at the feet of the witch,
- > >and set of fire 'to kindle a flame foul enough for a witch to burn
- > >in.' So the enemy has always seen that strong women and gentle men
- > >are a real threat to masculine domination." This quote is from
- > >Double-F, A Magazine of Effeminism...
- > >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- > >
- > >Can any of you confirm or deny this further?
- >
- > Sure. It's complete and unadulterated bullshit. No surprise,
- > coming from Morgan.
- >
- > Kayembee
-
- Oh really? That is interesting, as I have heard this quote before. It
- was attributed to a Bishop or Cardinal, and he was writing advice on how
- to burn witches. He wrote that homosexuals should be used in the
- building of the pyre, for only such men could "kindle a flame foul
- enough for a witch to burn in". As to Morgan's conclusion that the
- Church viewed Witches and Homosexuals with such hate because they feared
- strong women and gentle men is just about dead on.
- With so much flaming going on in this newsgroup, we hardly need the
- kind of flip homophobic ember you tossed in above.
-
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