Wednesday, February 21, 2007

 

Voulez-vous eglise avec moi ce soir?

Pardon my French, but ... Episcopalians!
The Sunday after General Convention I returned to my home parish for Gay Pride Sunday and participated in a Disco Mass for which gays and lesbians turned out in force. The opening hymn was a beautiful jazz rendition of “Over the Rainbow.” Musical offerings came from gay men in sequined tank tops and from the Director of Music who was ushered into the service singing a disco number complete with Go-Go girls. The queen of St. Mark’s appeared in full drag to deliver the homily and the closing hymn was, Sister Sledge’s “We Are Family.” As I stood singing among straight men and women, young parents with their children, gays and lesbians, teenagers in hip hop clothing, Asians, whites, African Americans and Spanish speaking people I realized I was part of the realm of God and I was glad to be there - in a place where God’s creation of a new thing was being lived out.

If you must: Source

[UPDATE: Thanks to a heads-up from tmatt at GR, the above link has been changed due to the website's removal of the original after this story started making the rounds. Just didn't want y'all to think I was making it up.]

HT Bible Belt Blogger

THANKS: Jason

BTW, the pic is not gay -- just funny; Camp St Thekla, 2005.

Oh. On this Lenten Day ... Speaking of the French.

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