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Scripturally Speaking
Straight Talk
The 1960s were a tumultuous and divisive time in the United States, as they were in many other countries. It was during those years, as a very young teen, I was first asked the question, “Are you straight, or are you a head?” In all honesty, at 13 years old I had no idea what either of these terms meant, but one seemed more acceptable than the other, so I replied, “I’m a head.”
I soon came to discover that a “head” was a person who, to be blunt, took various illegal drugs. But it implied much more. Heads stood in bold defiance of the culture. Heads dressed differently. Heads who were male almost invariably had long hair. In short, heads were cool.
“Straights,” on the other hand, were dull, boring, and unimaginative. They were trapped in the “rat race.” Straights were something to be avoided.
In subsequent years, the term “straight” has taken on other meanings, but it is still generally presented in contrast to something viewed as more daring and more desirable. In this view, to be straight is to be on the losing team. But what about God’s view?