Gore Vidal Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: October 3, 1925 - July 31, 2012
Birthday: October 3
Death: July 31
At least when the Emperor Justinian, a sky-god man, decided to outlaw sodomy, he had to come up with a good practical reason, which he did. It is well known, Justinian declared, that buggery is a principal cause of earthquakes, and so must be prohibited. But our sky-godders, always eager to hate, still quote Leviticus, as if that looney text had anything useful to say about anything except, perhaps, the inadvisability of eating shellfish in the Jerusalem area.
topic: Hate, Men, Earthquakes, Justinian, Leviticus, Shellfish, Monotheism
