'Tis the season to be....

....bigoted and stupid, apparently. It's as predictable as anything could be that the Catholic Church, in the shape of the Archbishop of Westminster, should use his Christmas sermon for a spot of 'gay-bashing' - after all, his benighted organisation need plenty of good Catholic boys and girls to be born, so that they can grow up to give their hard-earned pay to subsidise his lifestyle and that of his cohorts - but when a High Court judge weighs in as well (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20842884), it strikes me as more than a little worrying. I really think that the authorities should consider his suitability for the role, because, apart from the fact that he's using his unelected position to try and subvert the democratic process, I don't think that I, or any other LGBT person, appearing in his court, would be unjustified in doubting his credentials as an impartial arbiter of the law, given his apparent contempt for our equality.
Meanwhile, on the stupidity front, I heard a mealy-mouthed spokeswoman for the Countryside Alliance on the radio, opining about how disgraceful it was that hunting with hounds is still illegal - despite, that is, of the fact that around 80% of the population support the ban - and how the law should be repealed forthwith. Well, how about this for a suggestion, Mrs Countryside Alliance - if you think being pursued across country by a pack of half-starved dogs, to be torn limb from limb when you finally collapse in terrified exhaustion, is such fun, why don't you volunteer to take the fox's place? No, I thought not. Wilde, a century and more ago, had it right when he described foxhunting as 'the unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable'.

Love & best wishes to all
 Sammy B