Gabriele Kuby is an ostensible sociologist from Germany. I say "ostensible" because of what she has said in this interview with Catholic World Report.
Also of interest is what NOM has had to say about it. Take a look:
A fascinating interview was published yesterday in The Catholic World Report that you won't want to miss.
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Read the whole interview here.
They call it "fascinating", they say "you won't want to miss" it and they tell you to "read the whole interview". That's a clear-cut endorsement.
Here are some of the highlights of what NOM is endorsing:
LGBT equality will lead to a totalitarian regime
We live in a time when sexual norms are being turned completely upside down, which is unique in human history. No society does has done this (sic). No society has ever said, "Live out your sexual drive in any way you like," but our society does. I think the issue of sexuality is the main attack on the dignity of the human being, and on society asa whole, because if society lets go of its morality in general, and especially in the area of sexuality, it tumbles into anarchy and chaos, and this can result in a new totalitarian regime by the state.
Non-heterosexuality is sexual deviance, "not equally valid"
But the feminist theory is, there is a social construction of sex that can be different - indeed, need not be identical to - your biological sex. And if we give up our identity as a man or a woman, and say there is no such identity, then of course the whole sexual order collapses, and anybody can have sex with anybody - which is not just a theoretical claim, but a practical claim of this movement: there are not two sexes, or two genders; there are many genders, like heterosexual men and women, homosexuals, bisexuals, transsexuals, transgender, intersexual and queer people ("queer" being a term for any kind of sexual deviance from heterosexuality).
But in fact, heterosexuality is the natural condition of our human existence, and more than 97% of the population of this earth is heterosexual and has an instinctive rejection of homosexuality. The people who push the gender agenda around the world of course have to start with very young children and teach them that any type of sexual orientation is equally valid.
LGBT equality is worse than the Berlin Wall and the communist Eastern Bloc
There was a communist attack on the family, but it didn't go as deep as the sexual revolution now does.
When the Berlin Wall came down in 1989 we all had this hope of freedom and entering an era beyond ideology. But while we were delighting in that hope, powerful forces prepared for the next step of the global sexual revolution. Don't ask me who these forces are, but I see this revolution taking place at a global scale, with a clear intent to destroy the basis of the family. The destruction of the family uproots every single human being. We become atomized human beings who can be manipulated to do anything.
A new totalitarianism is developing under the cloak of freedom.
Being transgender is "sick", "a psychological disorder", "rebellion against our conditions of human existence"
The idea behind these initiatives is that it is an expression of the ultimate "freedom" to "choose" whether I am a man or a woman. But this is madness! The truth is, such confusion makes a person sick. If you do not identify with your sex as a man or a woman - such a situation is called transsexuality - this is officially recognised as a psychological disorder.
The idea of changing our sex upsets the notion of what it means to be human. It is the deepest rebellion against our conditions of human existence that you can possibly imagine. It makes people sick and rootless and they do not know who they are.
Sex education is "brainwashing", "soul-washing"
Today I had a meeting with the bishop of Brno, and he said he can use my material. That is a joy for me. My intention was not, “how can I write something that is useful for bishops?” I just have to say the truth, and here something is happening with it. I had a wonderful opportunity to visit Pope Benedict emeritus, and he said sex education is not only brainwashing, it is also “soul-washing.” If children are sexualized it destroys their sense of shame, their relationship with their parents, their relationship in general to authority, and it destroys their relationship with God. They tell us gender mainstreaming is about “tolerance,” but it’s really about changing us as human beings.
Education about LGBTIQ people is "mad"
In Germany, resistance is growing. Currently there is movement against the so-called Bildungsplan – education plan – in the state of Baden-Württemberg where recently a Green-Red government came into power. This education plan says there should be LGBTTIQ education in the schools for children of all ages and in all subjects. LGBTTIQ refers to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, intersexual, and queer. It’s mad!
"There is therapy for homosexuality", transgender people shouldn't be teachers
And there is another label - "homohater." There are hate laws in Canada, South Africa, Denmark, Great Britain, and in some states like the USA. If you say anything which the LGBT lobby doesn’t want to hear – like “what are the reasons for homosexuality?” or “what are the risks of homosexuality?” or “there is therapy for homosexuality” – you are “homophobic.” Added to this is now the term “transphobic.” So now you are not even able to say that, for instance, you don’t want a transsexual as a teacher of your children. How mad can you get?
Homosexuality is "evil", "darkness"
The term “homophobia” is interesting. It was created by an American psychoanalyst called Weinberg in the 1970s. Weinberg’s theory is that anybody who is against homosexuality rejects his own inherent homosexual inclinations, and this is the reason for their homophobia. It is a term which states that anyone opposed to homosexuality has a neurotic fear. So we are the ones who need a psychiatrist! Things are turned upside down. The book of Isaiah says, “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness.” We live in a time when this is happening.
And to what can we attribute such disturbing, unbridled, unleashed hatred and bigotry?
Personally, the deepest motivation in my life is truth. This fueled my search for a very long time, and finally led me to the Catholic faith at a late stage in my life.
That's right. Apparently, Kuby thinks that the organization that ran one of the world's biggest child sex rings is a legitimate authority on sexuality.
The way that the Catholic Church compels its nuttiest followers to think is also quite intriguing:
After my conversion to the Catholic faith, and given my background in the study of sociology and interest in political and social developments, I began to realize that sexuality is the issue of our time.
Did it ever occur to her that maybe she only started to think that after becoming a Catholic because that's what the Catholic Church is indoctrinating people with? And how can this religious indoctrination have any place in sociology?
Apparently, sexuality is the defining issue of the time. Not all the wars going on in Gaza, Syria and Iraq. Not all the diseases like Ebola and ALS. Not the massive inequalities that exist between the world's richest and poorest. Not the terrible poverty that has forced over a billion people worldwide into a daily struggle to survive. Not the 21,000 people who die every day from malnutrition. Not climate change, which threatens the existence of the world as we know it.
No. Sexuality is bigger than all of those.
When I read NOM's blog post, and then the interview, I was completely calm. I had no reaction. I wasn't shocked or outraged. Annoyed and displeased, absolutely, but not shocked or outraged. I've long accepted that for NOM, this is far from shocking and outrageous.