Pride parade

[ironphoenix]

I'll be walking in tomorrow's Pride parade. There is a contingent of us from my parish; I don't know exactly how many of us there will be, but it's sanctioned by the parish itself (we even have T-shirts!). I have no idea whether there will be any reaction from the wider church institution. I think it's an important step for us in the Church who look at Jesus' life and teachings, and imagine what his radical inclusivity might be today.

To those who have been turned away by the church: I'm sorry, and we're trying to change things for the better.

Comments

[reyl.livejournal.com]

My family has a long history of being Catholic an ignoring dogma on GLBTQ issues. Seeing loving, loud, accepting Catholics out marching in the parade made my heart feel amazing. So thanks for that :) Any church is a sum of its community and people make that community. Even if I can't support the institution I'm glad that people manage to be caring humans despite what the people in the funny hats say. It still won't convince me to give up all my other gods, but its nice.

[ironphoenix.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

Our paths are different, at least for now, and that's fine too.