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wavyarms ([personal profile] wavyarms) wrote2005-12-13 10:21 am
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merry christmas!

In light of the recent Fox News reports about attacks on Christmas, I present to you The Christian Privilege checklist. I disagree with 12 and 24 (both in NJ and MA) but in general it's good food for thought.

The only one missing is: "If I am a classical musician, I can assume that almost the entire western canon is based upon texts of my religion."

I shall now go do some X-mas shopping. :)

In other news, [livejournal.com profile] thomascantor had his final graduate recital yesterday, and it was great. Very good, very interesting concert. Special kudos to [livejournal.com profile] sen_no_ongaku for his piece, which was extremely effective. I look forward to the recording!

Also, I'm briefly in Boston right now, but not for very long. If I don't run into you, I'll be back for a nice long 3-week stretch starting Christmas Eve, so not to fret!

[EDIT: Since that privilege checklist was so popular, here is a link to a whole bunch more.]
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Re: A few thoughts/ideas

[identity profile] minyan.livejournal.com 2005-12-13 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Didn't sanj tell me that Montana state agencies will only allow Christians to adopt children? Maybe I'm misremembering.

Re: A few thoughts/ideas

[identity profile] wavyarms.livejournal.com 2005-12-13 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Whoa. I have trouble believing that one. It's blatantly unconstitutional, to start with. Do you have references on that one?

Re: A few thoughts/ideas

[identity profile] kcobweb.livejournal.com 2005-12-13 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
See my answer to her. And it's perfectly legal. (more explanation in the linked post.) *sigh*

Re: A few thoughts/ideas

[identity profile] wavyarms.livejournal.com 2005-12-13 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow. That is incredible. Every time I think maybe I'm being too ornery, I find I'm not being ornery enough. *sigh*

Re: A few thoughts/ideas

[identity profile] kcobweb.livejournal.com 2005-12-13 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Yup. Basically, the two adoption agencies in the state are Catholic Social Services and Lutheran Social Services, and they get to set their own guidelines for eligibility. I went to a training about adoption and was appalled when I discovered this (and wrote) ranted about it here). While I do resepct each agency's right to set their own guidelines and restrictions, I think it's narrow-minded. As I think I wrote then - even my *mother* (who is a pretty good mom) doesn't qualify, under this. And that seems Wrong Wrong Wrong to me.

Thank the gods I was able to reproduce on my own!
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