The Flying Buttress, 1/15/06

CRYSM: A New Dimension

+The surfacing of yet another Cincinnati Archdiocese-sponsored support group for “gay” students, CRYSM (“Catholics Respecting Youth in Sexual Minorities"), should come as no surprise to those who have followed the career of our Bernardin protégé, Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk. His Excellency, who has been publicly accused of being a homosexual on local airwaves, continues to create the appearance of having a personal stake in promoting the acceptance of homosexuality by the Church. This flagrant undermining of Church teaching (using the "compassion" rationalization)¹ - is apparently not a problem for him.

+Our readers may not know, however, that the local chapter of the Lavender Mafia, whose motto is “Who needs salvation when you’ve got sexual liberation?" has created a two-step program. Once the self-esteem requirements of CRYSM have been satisfied (that is, once these youth have been successfully recruited into intimate relationships with pederast priests and bishops), participants are encouraged to enroll in a more intensive program: SCHoolboys Initiated into Sodomic Maturity (SCHISM).

+The Flying Buttress, always on top of these polarizing issues, has obtained a curriculum description for SCHISM, which is apparently modeled on the course structure of a university degree. Moreover, this advanced support group also appears to be a recruiting tool for vocations to the priesthood. Judge for yourself:

Queer Queries and Sophisticated Lifestyles

SCHISM 101-103. Historical Foundations of Homosexuality

SCHISM 101. Alexander the Great and his other empire: the homoerotic conquests. A penetrating investigation into the heretofore unknown causes of Alexander’s military genius and his valor in battle: his noble love of male beauty. The love inspired by Plato’s heavenly Aphrodite. The tie that bound the Sacred Band of Thebes, and how Alexander broke it. Alexander’s use of fragrant oils.

SCHISM 102. National Socialism and national socializing: Germany’s national “vice." The Wandervogel “Sig Heil" salute. Hitler’s “Homo Youth." To the manner bund: the revival of the homoerotic military cults of Greece. The Wehrmacht and SS and their “Do ask, do tell" policy. The true meaning of male chauvinism. Teutonic enhancements to masculinity: the outing of the master race.

SCHISM 103. Just a Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Modern Medicine Go Down: Dr. Alfred Kinsey, and the APA. Kinsey’s groundbreaking research on homosexuality, bisexuality, child sexuality, and related sexualities. Kinsey’s inspiring private life and his wide circle of friends. His bold redefinition of marriage. His fertile correspondence with Nazi SS Officer Fritz von Balluseck. The APA, in an admirable display of flexibility, declassifies homosexuality as a mental disorder. Winning the “culture war."

SCHISM 201-203. The Seminary Life

SCHISM 201. Playing it straight: affecting affective maturity. Passing the entrance exams, evaluations and interviews. Deniability and plausibility: getting back in the closet as a means to an end. Avoiding flirtatious faculty – for now. Character references and what they should say.

SCHISM 202. Don we now our gay apparel: sending the right signals and clicking with the clique. Who are your brethren? Visitation etiquette. Shower etiquette. Off-campus and off-road excursions. Be true to yourself; be true to your school.

SCHISM 203. Walk softly and carry a big stick: the politics of power. Favors and favorites, allies and enemies. Subculture or superculture? When Rome comes to visit.

SCHISM 301-303. Parish and Professional Life

SCHISM 301. Putting the sell into celibacy (prerequisite: SCHISM 201). Acquiring a cat or dog for the rectory. Stocking the office bookshelves. Diet and grooming. Heterosexual hobbies. Sponsoring the Boy Scout troop: a two-edged sword.

SCHISM 302. Maximizing your down time: choosing the discrete partner(s). Helpful magazines, websites and chatrooms. Using your old seminary network. Networking in other professions (esp. music, theater and social work).

SCHISM 303. Individual Study: situation ethics. Course materials will address such scenarios as “What if my bishop is straight?" “Our organist propositioned me!" “Parish council is suspicious," “My partner has been arrested," or, “That 14 year old's family talked to the police."

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Finally, we have it on good authority that the members of SCHISM, in order to promote their newfound sense of solidarity and liberated identity, are asked to sing this song at midday, wherever they may be, to honor their benefactor and protector:

“Dan the Blade” (music by Kurt Weill)

Oh it’s the urge, babe, to go cruise, dear,
You can show your pearly whites.
But those SCHISMatics are such roosters,
That we keep them...ah...out of sight.

Ya know when that urge hits, it’s got teeth, babe
All that pillow-talk comes to mind.
Just be sure you wear protection
So you’re nevah, nevah struck blind.

Now down the sidewalk, one sunny mornin’
Comes a young man, a stud in spades...eeek!
And that someone he’s so close to
Could that someone be "Dan the Blade"?

A-there’s a gay bar...huh,huh,huh...down by the river don’tcha know
And it calls you to come on down
Oh, take a long walk on the wild side,
Five’ll get ya ten you won't make old Danny frown...

NOTES:  1.  For the homosexual redefinition of compassion, see the Flying Buttress, 5/9/05