15 February 2006

Gay Episcopal Bishop Enters Alcohol Rehab

It is not clear why this piece of news made a headline for AP at all - probably a slow day.

In any case, one can easily get confused by all these qualifiers. Imagine:

Alcoholic Gay Bishop enters Episcopal Rehab.

Or:

Alcoholic Episcopal Bishop enters Gay Rehab.

Or: imagine a Jewish parental pair bemoaning their son's lifestyle:

"First he becomes an episcopal bishop. Then it appears he is gay. And now this! Such tsures on mine kopf!"

Well, at least in this case he isn't Jewish...

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