tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334744637968568106.post2394376304128527290..comments2023-07-01T06:30:18.108-07:00Comments on Uncommon Sense Commentary: Pence's stance should be commended, not condemnedBlueDeaconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05641178784714584337noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334744637968568106.post-9749967049063538552017-04-05T17:12:16.191-07:002017-04-05T17:12:16.191-07:00This cuts both ways. I first learned that decades ...This cuts both ways. I first learned that decades ago when a cousin went through a lot of misery as a superior would harass him every time she insisted on a private meeting after hours.<br />Making this about men needing more self-control completely misses the point.<br />There are some intimate activities (many not involving a bed, yet none the less special) that should be reserved for one's spouse.<br />I'm okay if a person feels the need to spell those out in our multicultural society.<br /><br />In other words, let the VP wear his hijab.Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05582998618422748878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334744637968568106.post-38319902413801573462017-04-05T14:27:14.120-07:002017-04-05T14:27:14.120-07:00In such places, however, they'd be in still a ...In such places, however, they'd be in still a public place, so I don't see that as an issue.<br /><br />Besides, I've seen this up-close and personal. Perhaps the one person, then "parish assistant," who sparked a spiritual renewal in my previous church ended up in such a relationship, having an affair with a woman who was also married -- they left their spouses for each other -- and the church still hasn't recovered. (And this was in 1986.)BlueDeaconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05641178784714584337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334744637968568106.post-85090661408261914202017-04-02T11:38:37.821-07:002017-04-02T11:38:37.821-07:00You'd be screaming bloody hell if he said he w...You'd be screaming bloody hell if he said he wouldn't eat with black men because he didn't trust himself not to lynch them. No difference. Business IS done over dinner, and refusing to have dinner with women excludes them from that business. And that "I don't trust myself" crap is just that. Men need to take responsibility for themselves, not blame the horrible temptation that women create in the most innocent of settings. And the other equally sexist and ugly assumption is that a woman will naturally - because she can't help herself - she's bound to claim something evil went down. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13704414970894151095noreply@blogger.com