A Few Words About Religion
I was not raised Catholic. My family attended and had been lectured to in Presbytarian churches and for a short time, Unitarian, but I converted while in college once I started going to the old St. George's with my dorm roommate. It fit me like a glove and I felt at home there despite my ignorance of the exotic rituals and prayers everyone else knew by heart. When I say that I am Catholic I say it with the caveat that I am an American Catholic , which is to say I do not agree with everything that comes out of the Vatican. Sorry. I have no issue with homosexuality. Love is love, and people are lucky and blessed to find it wherever they find it. I believe that priests should be allowed to marry and that women should be accorded more prominent positions within the church structure. There's more, but let's just leave it that I realize the Pope is not doing a little jig everytime I open my mouth and declare I'm Catholic. For the totter to that teeter though, I've been t...
You tell it like it is sister :-)!
ReplyDeleteExactly, pray tell, what is wrong with a community organizer? Barack's experience as such occurred when he was 23 and prior to law school. It's not exactly something to be ashamed of. I'm off to go find myself an Obama/Biden lawn sign....
ReplyDeleteThanks for checking in...Only time will tell, they say they will know if they got all the cancer in two weeks...XOXO
ReplyDeletePleeaase don't go get all political on us. The contention it would bring would be disasterous.
ReplyDeleteI love your blog and check in regularly for a moment of peace and realization that the outside world is beautiful still. (I too often work in a neroramville).
I LOVED this post. Rather than contentious, it was as forthright a piece as I've seen this political season. With pictures of the Great Ones you reminded us that the peace keepers are blessed and have been blessings to humanity.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed a weekend break from blogging and I wish your week will be a marvelous unplugged adventure. I absolutely understand what you mean about your old life. Finding a balance is a real concern.
I came to this post a week late but would like to thank you for it.
ReplyDeleteJust seeing the faces of these community organizers restored my faith in the concept of a collective historical memory.
Have a nice break.