The Real Reason People Use Religion to Police Bodies: The Truth Behind “Family Values”
Seen through glass, we mistake perception for knowing. I recently read a conference paper by Ross Neir titled “Procreative Nationalism as an LGBTQ+ Hermeneutical Strategy.” If you want to read the full text, you can find it here: Procreative Nationalism I had that quiet, unmistakable reaction: yes… this names something I’ve been circling for a long time. Not because I agree with every claim or conclusion, but because the paper gives language to a pattern I’ve been trying to expose for years, especially in contemporary debates about gender, sexuality, religion, and what often gets called “the natural order.” The phrase procreative nationalism may sound academic, but the idea itself is fairly simple: sexual ethics are often shaped less by timeless moral truths than by anxiety about survival, continuity, and replacement. In other words, who will carry us forward. Before going further, it’s worth pausing over the word...
