Sri Lanka, Oct. 8 -- nyone who thought that the Aragalaya had buried the old humbuggery for good alongside the ousted old guard has been proven wrong. A disparate group of bedfellows, ranging from the clergy to conspiracy theorists and self-seeking politicians, came together last week to oppose two progressive measures proposed by the government. The first was an innocuous LGBTQthemed tourism promotion campaign. The other was a Bill to ban corporal punishment in schools. Special mention should go to Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith who has recently shifted his holy gaze into the bedrooms of the people. He has recently been busy blowing the dog whistle against the LGBTQ community, accusing 'foreign-backed initiatives promoting gay rights' and cert...