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09/21/2006
Straight Guise for the Queer Eye
In a column recounting his recent experience at an "ex-gay"-encouraging revival meeting, activist Wayne Besen says of the revival's leader, pastor and "former homosexual" Tim Wilkins:
...Wilkins unwittingly admitted that he was not cured, but merely suppressing his sexuality. He tried to spin this message by reducing the deep, intrinsic identity of "sexual orientation" to a nagging "temptation." However, it was striking how after 30 years of ex-gay ministry and marriage, Wilkins was no more than a wink from a twink away from falling off the hetero wagon.
To drive home this point, he reiterated that he would not watch Brokeback Mountain because he feared that his resistance might melt like butter near a fire. I pointed out that as a gay man I have watched hundreds of heterosexual dramas and not once was enticed to become straight. Watching Pretty Woman, for instance, did not make me want to sleep with Julia Roberts. He had no answer for this.
But hey, what does actual sexual desire have to do with sexuality anyway? Everyone knows that we were all intended to live out our lives in ways where potential biological truth-awakening land mines lurk around every corner. After all, you can't reach a place of true love and acceptance unless you are constantly living in fear of reality.
::writer rolls eyes so passionately, he thinks the sight may force an "ex-fan of exasperated, slightly condescending eye movements" to question if his feelings are still present::
No word on how Rev. Wilkins avoids all gay portrayals in this day and age; though we do hear he's a big fan of that popular gay-side-stepping digital recording device, No'moVo.
Old Time Religion With A New Twist [Wayne Besen]
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