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February 16, 2006
What is David Virtue afraid of?
Bishop Gene Robinson told his diocese in New Hampshire this week that he’s taking 28 days to enter a program to recover from alocholism.
Robinson became an Episcopol bishop three years ago after a hard-fought church battle because Robinson is gay and in a monogomous relationship with a man.
In response to Bishop Robinson’s disclosure, a person who fought Robinson’s election as bishop, a guy who calls himself David Virtue, wrote in his blog, virtueonline, a post called, “See, I Told You So.”
Mr. Virtue’s writing is so vile, so mean-spirited, so vituperative that it almost seems like it must be a send-up, a joke.
When I read in the New York Times about Mr. Virtue, I thought, “Oh, no, he thinks alcoholism is a sin, not a disease.”
It’s actually more twisted than that. Mr. Virtue cites studies showing that gay men are between 30% and 50% more likely to report alcohol or drug abuse problems. He concludes that this is because they are unhappy with their gay lifestyle. Or that they want to blame their sinful lifestyle on substance abuse — “The demon rum made me do it.”
What kind of person goes out of his way to lead this kind of crude crusade against gay people? Why does Mr. Virtue spend so much energy attacking what he calls The Episcopol Left? Mr. Virtue’s web site is awash with anti-gay vitriol. In some ways, I pity Mr. Virtue. What is he afraid of?
Posted Feb 16 2006 @ 06:34 AM