The Attitude of the Deacon for the Gypsy

Ayn Rand said that her speech on sex was heavily influenced by the hunchback of Notre Dame and the attitude of the Deacon for the gypsy. So we can, you know, easily tell how the religious motivation for the Deacons attitude towards the gypsy and sex and his attention there and struggle. How did Reardon get to that point being non-religious? Oh, I think that general attitude is in the culture. And she puts it into Ria D'Aune's mouth because he represents best of America but who's obviously internalized Christianity as applied to what sex.