Truly, the ancient sages were wise when they
placed covetousness among the damned emotions
motivating humanity against better judgement
for jealousy and resentment are bred of that
state of mind and invariably what results does
no justice to the societal need of the reasonable
social contract that would have us regarding
others unlike ourselves with perfect equanimity
and generosity of spirit. Thou shalt not covet
has its place on the tablets of command and
yet we do, for this inheritance is coded into
humanity. Gregarious creatures, we are
anxious to be as like one another as to be
accepted as a clan, all others strange and to
be shunned. Yet even when we are able to
genuinely view others as equals to ourselves
whose flamboyantly visible psyches deviate
to seek their own sex, insist that what be
discreet among intimates be visible and
awarded plaudits, or risk the wretched
condemnation and persecution they once
themselves suffered. Cultural heritage
institutions must now extend beyond serving
the vast majority of binary pairs to equality
of recognition in the covenant of the marriage
bond, and those who will not willingly
take part in public manifestations of open
sexuality at 'Pride' parades become social
outcasts in a contradictory reversal of
social intimidation as cultural outcasts.
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