tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23020174.post2146730940571872084..comments2023-12-02T05:36:17.832-05:00Comments on Sexuality and Religion: What's the Connection?: Tell Me Your IdeasDebra W. Haffnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03018331891805010135noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23020174.post-44389426766624660202007-07-30T16:34:00.000-04:002007-07-30T16:34:00.000-04:00Some perspective about how the current hysteria ab...Some perspective about how the current hysteria about child sex abuse is counterproductive. <BR/><BR/>A reaction to Judith Levine's book "Harmful to Minors?"<BR/><BR/>How does a Church deal with an ex-offender in a manner that is not hypocritical?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23020174.post-45583205484135917592007-07-30T11:07:00.000-04:002007-07-30T11:07:00.000-04:00I think you've got to go historical -- especially ...I think you've got to go historical -- especially the moral panics incited by ruling classes in the first quarter of the 20th century. It started with booze and drugs (reefer) and moved on to sexuality. It was easy to attack those folks for cheap political points, but it had the long-term effect of divorcing religion and sexuality.<BR/><BR/>It seems to me that the point of contention is when someone else's sexual practice affects MY life enough for me to restrict their sexuality. Finding that moment, when civil liberties were drowned in the bathwater and a new more restrictive social order came into being, would be a fascinating study. <BR/><BR/>Good luck!Isaachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10133153953041410107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23020174.post-38536726155560896172007-07-30T08:57:00.000-04:002007-07-30T08:57:00.000-04:00I think that the way sex education has been taken ...I think that the way sex education has been taken under the wing of the political machine is a critical issue to discuss. (This is actually indicative of the way politicians have decided they are qualified educational professionals in every field and at every level. But it is perhaps the most harmful in the area of sexuality.)<BR/><BR/>As you know, sexual education is critical to teenagers learning how to make appropriate and safe sexual choices. How is it that the conservative politicians managed to wrest control of sexual education curriculum and educational theory away from curriculum writers and educators? This is a critical point to discuss in terms of the political/educational sexual climate of the times.Karen Rayne, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13001942073649412968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23020174.post-45169360962133747682007-07-30T08:17:00.000-04:002007-07-30T08:17:00.000-04:00tlutaThere is a wonderful book about spirituality ...tlutaThere is a wonderful book about spirituality and sexuality writted by Marc Gafni, a rabbi. The title is "The Mystery of Love." It stresses the connection between the two, but it doesn't discuss sexuality and children, which is the theme of your book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com