Early Christians, influenced by Augustine of Hippo, who in the fifth century decided that Adam and Eve had been thrown out of the Garden of Eden because of lust, decided that sex was a sin, and condemned all sorts of things, including masturbation.
This tactic is a turbo-charged version of "whataboutery" – the demand that in order to condemn one bad thing, you must at the same time demonstrate evidence that you have condemned all other related bad things to the exact same degree.
You condemn all kinds of terrible things being done in the name of your religion, but when the same things appear as verses in your book, you use all your faculties to defend them.
And I asked Ramadan why he had never acknowledged, let alone condemned, these things.
"I think one of the difficulties of the PCC is that it stands condemned for things it was never able to do," he said.
When Edmund Morris published "Dutch," his biography of Ronald Reagan, four years ago, he was roundly condemned for making things up.
"We have condemned the thing as well as the word".
"I would ask he take stock of who he is, as president of all the people in our nation, and that he condemn those things that are separating us," Corker said, adding that he disagreed with the president's stance on Confederate statues.
All promote serious issues such as feminism and civil rights--and condemn such things as police brutality and governmental corruption.
Brad Woodhouse of the Democratic National Committee, said: "Where was Michael Steele condemning these things in August during the 'tea party' protests?..
