Welcome to Douglas Wilson's Blog and May Blog, presented by Canon Press.

Wailing for tomu's at Wheaton, Monday, April 18th, 2022, introduction.

You only need to watch the first 15 minutes or so of the linked video below in order to

see that all is not well at Wheaton.

Starting about the dialogue between Wesley Hill and Karen Keane is wrong-footed from

the beginning.

Start with the fact that Wheaton even has the center for the study of sex and gender

identity.

Now, the conclusion of Hill's argument is that Augustine was correct when he saw our

identity as male and female as essential to marriage.

But prior to that correct conclusion and the good and intelligent things he actually

does say, we should all notice that the setting is gay, the assumptions are gay, the platform

is gay, the sponsorship is gay, the traditionalist defender is gay, the diction is gay, and

the entire collegial atmosphere is gay.

My particular target today is that last one.

The entire collegial atmosphere is gay and wearing pink slippers.

It is impossible to conceive of a biblical call for repentance arising out of a setting

like this.

Wesley Hill begins by noting that his interlocutor, Karen Keane, a defender of abominations

in sexual practice, is a quote and quote long time friend for whom he has great, quote,

esteem, and quote appreciation.

So in a setting like this, I want to argue that the chief culprit is that pretended virtue

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