When morality goes public


I open my house and my lifestyle upsets some people
I've had "fun" this last week.

You probably know by now that my tastes are a little "out there." I live alone, and for the friends who visit me at the house, they know it is just the way I am. In the living room, there are likely to be a couple of Bible translations next to a stack of Popular Science, a couple of things by Jung, some interesting rocks, some of my old management books, and the odd thing or two on healing or sexual techniques.

Being the red blooded American Pagan male that I am, there are also two large statues. Not originals, but still about four feet tall. The people in the statues are aggressively intimate. What can I say, I like sex, I like to think about sex, and I like to talk about sex. If others aren't interested, then there are plenty of other things to talk about.

Like I don't know, politics or liberty...

One of the great advantages of a Pagan faith is that you get to shed a lot of the emotional baggage that Certain Monotheistic Faiths try to wrap around sex and nudity. Which aren't the same thing, by the way. Maybe we are just repressing the emotional baggage instead of shedding it, who knows. Anyway, the thing is, I am a reasonably responsible adult. My partners are all willing and over the age of consent. I usually do not talk to kids or teens about things that their parents would not approve of, and I never would talk about sex to them.

So the a/c contractors are in my house and they are looking over my things. And it is not the two large pieces that get a reaction. It is a smaller piece, about eight inches high. A seated and very pregnant Gaia, bright green with the Earth making up her belly/womb. Very naked, with pointy nipples. And She's very happy. It's one of my favorite pieces, but it is not actually on the altar right now.

"How could I dare to show that indecent piece of filth?"

Wait for it.

"THINK ABOUT THE CHILDREN!!!"

As it happens, I am the occasional naturist. And I have made sure that my back yard is protected from casual snooping. I also pull the front drapes more often than not just so I can get comfortable without upsetting the neighbors. I believe that many of our problems in the US are because of the hangups with sex and nudity that are pretty much force fed to us from a very early age. But the point is, I am fairly relaxed about it. There are other things more important.

But here I am, having a man yell at me in my own house about a pregnant green statue and how it was corrupting kids. As far as I know, no one under the age of 16 has even seen that in my house.

I guess I should be thankful that he didn't see the sex toy collection in the master bedroom.

But here it is, this one man was all set to impose his personal morality on me when I had nothing to do with either him or his kids. I don't even know if he has kids. He didn't bother to find out anything about me or my behavior, he was just convinced I was EVIL.

He's not working at the house anymore, his boss moved someone else there. But I suppose I will have to watch over my shoulder for a while to make sure that no one tries to hit me with some sort of sexual offender charge.

Pity too, it was warming up nice outside. I was looking forward to some sun.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Fri - March 16, 2007 at 05:42 AM  Tag


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