Or, if a church continues to pillory gay people, denying dignity and equal treatmnt, refusing hospitality and expression of God's love, well, don't preach love until you show a little.
Cú Chulainn's geasa included a ban against eating dog meat, but in early Ireland there was a powerful general taboo against refusing hospitality, so when an old crone offers him a meal of dog meat, he has no choice to break his geis.
I said I would not, so he began berating me, saying I was rude for refusing his hospitality, and reminding me of the effort uninvited comrades had made to accompany him to this side of the border.
He also visited the slaves on the local plantations to encourage their faith and to exhort their masters to treat them humanely; during these visits he often refused the hospitality of the plantation owners and instead stayed in the slave quarters.
Again, Trevor and I began refusing her hospitality, but Maria was having none of it.
Again, Geoff and I began refusing her hospitality, but Maria was having none of it.
An arrogant visitor and bumbling guest, Grant's lack of center is shown in the fact that, whether he refuses or accepts hospitality, he can rarely meet the offer graciously and remain his own person: in keeping with his rash gamble, it's all or nothing.
