“We have [in Provincetown] what the locals call ‘Circuit Week’ over July 4 when all the party-boys and drug-addicts show up to take drugs, dance and drink bottled water for days on end. I have no problem with that. But the perfect torsos, testosteroned rivalry, crystal-nerves and endless egg-whites all make for a somewhat overwrought time. When the bears arrive [for Bear Week], all that unease evaporates. They’re cheerful; they don’t give a shit what others think of them; they’re more overtly social than sexual; they drink rather than do drugs; they seem, on the whole, older and far more grown-up than their party-boy cousins.”

“Say what you want about the tawdry nature of reality programming in general, ‘Boy Meets Boy’ — which the producers gallingly call a social experiment — goes the extra step of trampling on a person’s emotional vulnerability, just so people at home can get a laugh. This isn’t about losing money or blindly choosing someone who’s, God forbid, ugly. It’s about being duped on national television and having your innermost feelings ridiculed.”

“He’s putting at risk his eternal salvation. He’s making a morally grave error and he’s not being accountable to God.”