Geralyn Wolf, you continue to be a useless waste of protoplasm. I won't link to the ProJo piece, but the story is that in her usual stupid pursuit of a middle way, she voted the right way on Gene Robinson and the wrong way on liturgy to bless same-gender unions. She added in the article that:

she recognized that there were likely some priests in the church who are already performing them, but what is important is the norm. She said she has been very clear to her priests in Rhode Island that they are not to do same-sex blessings in any way, and "I would say this is the norm for us."

So let's see: you'll look the other way when your priests defy you because what is important is "the norm." What the hell does that even mean, other than that you are still so hidebound and order-obsessed but look the other way when people with actual spines do the right thing? That doesn't make you a benevolent ruler, though--just someone too chickenshit to actually stand up for your convictions, too cowardly to either do the right thing or to take an actual stand to stop or punish those who do. The middle way is no way at all. If you want peace, work for justice--don't just avoid conflict because you would prefer to just go to Taize services all day. It makes me sick that you can be surrounded by homosexual collaborators who do your work and prove their Christianity day in and day out (and not just by putting up with you, although that is of course proof of the patience of Job and lots of Christian charity), and yet you refuse to acknowledge their true humanity because that would mean rocking the boat.

Besides being so moronic, this is also a step backward for her. Back in the mid-90's, when the original local chapter of Integrity was around, her position was that priests were allowed to perform such ceremonies, but not on church property. I was disgusted by this, and when I heard in the same conversation that she wanted to come to an Integrity meeting, I said, "I guess that would be okay, but not on church property." Of course it was moot because she never came anyway.

So, my question for the homosexual collaborators who still wish and hope she'll eventually do the right thing: what kind of idiots are you? There should be a dysfunctional religion followers equivalent of Al-Anon that we could send these folks to to get them to learn to honor themselves because she never, ever will.


posted by Mad Anne Rackham at 4:33 AM