Time off for good behavior. Increasingly it seems that every time I read a headline I feel compelled to slap myself in the forehead. So I've decided to give my very, very sore forehead a rest and not read any headlines for a while.

I'll be back in a couple of weeks. Meanwhile, call up some friends and plan a party to celebrate the Summer of Truth.

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One party, one language, two meanings. From the New York Times via Billmon, we have the conservative Christian (i.e., Republican) definition of "lifestyle":

"Lifestyle" is a buzzword in conservative Christian circles. It's a signal of the belief, and the policy position, that homosexuality is not an innate condition but a hedonistic way of living, one devoted to partying, drugs and wanton sex that ends, often, in illness and early death.

And in the other corner we have the Orange County Republican definition of "lifestyle":

The Lifestyle: Group Sex in the Suburbs, by director David Schisgall, whose "Orange County subjects are largely conservative, suburban and patriotic. They mow their lawns, vote Republican, dote over their grandchildren, own motorboats, eat red meat, and talk about the dog and cat. On weekends they 'party' — engage in sex with similar white, married couples who have taken up 'sport fucking' as passionately as other retirees tie flies or paint watercolors."

Speaking in code 24/7 gets awfully confusing, even for those who want to goose-step to the Horst Wessel Lied.

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{ 1:59 PM }

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"A Cowboy for Jesus" (mp3), courtesy of April Winchell.

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Christian marriage as a basis for American society. The Culture of Life promoted by Republicans doesn't always quite work out: "The former Boy Scout troop leader, married father of two and regular churchgoer pleaded guilty to 10 counts of first degree murder. ... [He] expressed no remorse as he dispassionately explained how he stalked his victims, and bound and tortured them, before he shot, stabbed, strangled or choked them to death."

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