Thought Experiment
Posted By Russ Emerson on August 5, 2003 at 11:28 am
An 11th-hour accusation of sexual impropriety has, for the time being, stalled the confirmation proceedings of an openly gay man to be the Episcopalian bishop of New Hampshire.
Some will call this a smear. Some are already calling this a smear.
I don’t know… I suspect there’s some legitimacy there – the accuser has nothing to gain. But let’s look at it from a different angle:
How skeptical would you be if it were a Catholic priest being accused?
Can you say “double standard?” I knew you could.
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