Blog Long and Prosperous

I followed my usual routine of site-snooping this morning, which includes e-mail, contests, Facebook, and "blogs of interest."  One of them -- the blog of Cory Edwards (writer/director of Hoodwinked and the upcoming Fraggle Rock movie) -- had an interesting new comment.  It was from an (apparently) evangelical Christian who was disappointed in Cory's hiring of "proud" bisexual Andy Dick as the voice of the villain in both Hoodwinked movies.

Being Christian myself and a certain guard-dog of Cory's, I snapped back immediately with a genuine response of my own:

Jesus ate with tax-collectors, the most deceitful and "lost" individuals of the era. He wasn't afraid to spend time with people who were as opposite to his views as imaginable, and I think his example holds true for us today.

Isn't it much better to hire and reward Andy Dick to use his talents for family-friendly entertainment than let him find work in more "un-Christian" material?

Of course, once I hit Post, and my name generated on screen beneath my words, I immediately began to second guess them.  Jesus may have shared a meal with the scum of the town, but he didn't necessarily pay them for work he could've given someone else.  Then again, he also knowingly chose a man among his twelve closest sidekicks who would ultimately have him tortured and executed.  And while we're on the topic, let's pull Andy Dick's sexuality out of this mess.  Being bi- or homosexual doesn't make you "slime."  It makes you unenviably challenged.  :/

Let's have tea and discuss this another time.