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Immaculate Conception
Graphite on Vellum

The gay marriage ban is a clear example of religious prejudice/discrimination/bigotry. I don’t know which is more outrageous: That a gay couple cannot get married in California or that they do not have the right to adopt a child in Utah?

Thomas Beatie, a man who used to be a woman, is married to a woman and is pregnant for the second time. His situation raises a lot questions about parenting a child. Is he a father or is he a mother?

One thing is certain: As scientific advances permit people to inhabit the outskirts of nature, the literal interpretation of religious texts becomes more problematic. I am so relieved that in 2004, 42.6% of people in America believed God created man in his present but only 29.1% believe that God is angered by human sin.

That's why I drew this piece.

 


Comments

Daniela Perdomo

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:38:40

I, too, am fascinated by how malleable gender and sexual identity has become. Rightly so, I say.

 



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