Education does not trump ignorance
Hate e-mail condemning Thomas J. Brennan, S.J., Assistant Professor of English and an open homosexual, was sent to him as well as to select Saint Joseph's University faculty and administrators. Sent by a doctor of Family Practice in San Ramon, Ca., the hate e-mail was a response to Fr. Brennan's homily on Sunday, Nov. 3, in which he described his homosexuality as one of "the worst kept secrets" on campus. In the e-mails, which had subject lines that read "There is nothing 'gay' about S.A.D. (Same-sex Attraction Disorder)" and "Moral relativism trumps Catholicism???" the doctor said "homosexual behavior is a curable choice" and the "danger of homosexual choice" is clear to him though his "first-hand" experiences with the "victims of sodomy rape by priests and other homosexuals." "I think he is a very troubled person - a mean person," said Fr. Brennan. Fr. Brennan, who said he paid little atte...