Author Archives: Joe Wiley

In “The Gospel According to Kass” [Hot Type, April 21], Michael Miner lists as one of the details that make him a religious doubter “the eternal damnation of Christ’s betrayer.” But there is no Christian teaching that condemns Judas to eternal damnation. Christianity teaches that it is possible for any sinner to repent up to […]

After perusing the Dan Savage column, in which he seems to fancy himself as the Ann Landers for those folks engaged in perverse sexual lifestyles, I can only reach the following conclusion: I would hate to be Dan Savage on Judgment Day when he is asked, “How could you have cast a benign eye on […]

Dear editor, I was astonished to see what your headline writer put above the story on Cardinal George and the Sun-Times [Hot Type, August 8]. Does the Reader’s respect for the Cardinal rate no more than a vulgar headline? Joe Wiley Near North side

Editor: Am I alone in wondering why the Reader prints the Savage Love column week after week, with its dysfunctional cast of characters presided over by a dysfunctional spinmeister? This column must carry some kind of appeal, though it’s a shame that the appeal is based on its raunchy language and utter grossness. I can’t […]

Dear editors, In his account of the baptism of the infant entrusted to his care [September 3], Dan Savage raises some serious problems. As any Christian would agree, baptism is a serious matter. Savage claims to be a “cultural Catholic,” meaning what–that he parties on Saint Patrick’s Day? Granted, a Dan Savage espousing infant baptism […]

Editors: For the life of me, I can’t see why week after week the Reader carries a vulgar column like Savage Love with its parade of dysfunctionals presided over, in Jerry Springer fashion, by ringmaster Dan Savage. Joe Wiley W. Chicago