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The girls who loved too much

By April Labine-Katko

January 16, 2006

San Diego--Admittedly, it’s been some time since I sat down to a wholesome evening of Christian doctrine. However, after years of regressive therapy, I do distinctly recall an obsessive preoccupation with love and the whole predictable array of peace/love byproducts.

As a Christian you are required, by faith, to love everyone regardless of how deeply that person truly repulses you. Of course, it goes without saying that you must love mom and dad. But, you also are expected to love your neighbor (even if he did flash you when you were twelve) and your sadistic classmates who ritualistically hunted you down every recess to bury your head in the yellow snow.

"Perhaps he was hoping for some steamy details to juice up his evening prayers." So, as a recovering Catholic still brushing the Christian doctrine off of my own shoulders, I was a bit shocked to learn that sometimes love is just un-Christian. Now, I’m not talking about the sort of love that puts you behind bars or even the kind of love that a lonely farmer occasionally feels for his livestock. Most of us realize that if the object of our affection is incapable of honestly reciprocating our passion, the honor of our actions is dubious at best.

No, the love I speak of harms no animal or child. In fact, at a time when human affection wasn’t so readily dissected, analyzed and filed away as inappropriate, this sort of thing would have been ignored. But, at the California Lutheran School in Wildomar, where Gregory Bork reigns, no sign of love or affection will go unpunished. It seems that in a religion-induced heterosexual panic, the principal branded two of his students as lesbians, deeming their behavior “scandalous” and “immoral”, and expelled them from the sanctity of his God-fearing campus.

One can only imagine what depravity transpired under that blessed roof while God peered down from his heavenly barcalounger, shaking his mighty head in abject disgust. What heathen act had Bork witnessed, forcing him to point his finger in judgment? Had the girls been holding hands in the lunch line, gazing amorously into each others eyes? Had they been practicing the art of cunnilingus in the computer lab, and via Web cam, broadcasting it for their lucrative lesbian Lutheran Web site?

What vile acts had these harlots committed? Well, if you’re looking for hot, lusty school girls gently guiding one another down the splendorous path to Lesbos, you’ll have to stick to the Catholic schools. Officials at this Lutheran school admit that they haven’t even seen the alleged lesbians touch each other. Bork, the paranoid principal, evidently also an authority on covert lesbian behavior, reached his brilliant conclusions through what could only have been a psychic epiphany.

Perhaps he switched to decaf that morning and it strengthened his gaydar. We may never know what gave him his superhuman gifts of perception. Whatever evidence supported his decision, it was far less tangible than any touchy-feeliness; and with a great amount of certainty and righteousness, Bork remarked that the girls’ relationship was not normal but “more characteristic of a lesbian.”

After sensing that the girls at least wanted to touch each other, Bork called them into his office for some old-fashioned Christian interrogation. Perhaps he was hoping for some steamy details to juice up his evening prayers. At the very least, he managed to secure a confession. One of the shameless hussies admitted to loving her friend.

Why, Christ himself must have reeled. It must have taken everything He had to keep His bagel and Philly down.

One can only admire Bork for taking proactive steps immediately after the hideous truth was revealed. Had the Sodomites remained, they may very well have infected the whole campus with their dirty, unwholesome love. Next he’d have an epidemic of same-sex students engaging in friendly conversation and showing genuine interest in each other’s lives. It’s only one step away from homosexual orgies, drag queen lunch ladies, and gay marriages at the school dance.

Well, our lesbian Lutheran poster girls are responding to traditional religious paranoia in a traditionally American way. They’re filing a lawsuit for invasion of privacy and discrimination, seeking damages, re-enrollment and an injunction barring the school from excluding gays and lesbians. Should the girls win the suit, the heterosexuality of Bork’s school may be at risk. He may very well end up with real lesbians in attendance.

Foolish Bork, He should have looked to Jesus for guidance. After all, the big J hung out with 12 dudes who worshipped the ground he walked on. There was plenty of touchy-feeliness going on there. Really, who can say what those wacky Disciples were up to when they weren’t preaching the Word of God. The desert can get very cold and lonely. And if it’s good enough for Jesus, it should be good enough for Bork.

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Born and raised in a Northern Ontario mining town, April's hockey career was cut short when it was evident that she could not skate. It has been downhill ever since. She can be reached at april@vyuz.com

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