Father Lawrence stood up for gay marriage this Sunday. During my youth he was my biofamily's main priest, did my first RC communion and is still a biofamily friend. I have not been a Roman Catholic for a long time but bravo for him.

(Apparently been nicknamed Dumbledore on the internets.The world is weird and wonderful sometimes.)

Also: Marylanders, let's go make history on Tuesday.

"Lawrence's striking opposition to the Catholic Church's strong teaching against the recognition of same-sex couples' marriages, reported first in the National Catholic Reporter, was, in and of itself, unexpected in light of the dogmatic path set by Pope Benedict XVI.

What made Lawrence's presentation of his view more remarkable was that it was preceded by his reading the letter written by Lori, who as archbishop oversees Lawrence, urging the congregation of the importance of opposing the referendum in Maryland on Nov. 6 over the marriage equality bill passed and signed into law earlier this year. Lori told all parishioners in the letter, read by Lawrence, that they faced "the momentous choice of whether to maintain marriage as the union of one man and one woman in Maryland, or to irrevocably dismantle our state's legal recognition of the most basic unit of our society — the family unit of mother, father and child."

Lawrence, after finishing the archbishop's letter, then told the congregation of his views and asked them, "[C]ould not civil law be allowed to progress where church law cannot go, at least not yet? Personally, I believe that it can and that it should."

He concluded: "So there you have it: the official teaching of the church and my personal reflections."

According to the Catholic Reporter's Arthur Jones, the parishioners gave Lawrence a standing ovation."

http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/maryland-catholic-priest-breaks-with-church-to-urg

Sharon is our Queen,
Sharon is our Queen
She let the future of drag in,
Sharon is our Queen

Sharon, Queen of Halloween,
Fierce and glam upon the scene.
That's why Team Needles is so keen:
Sharon is our Queen.

Beautiful day today-so took Ghoulia out in her new frock (from the fabulous GhouliasCloset on Etsy) to welcome in the spring.




Kisses!



Dreaming of Wednesday at the comic shop...




Brainy girls can be femmes too! Wheee!

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Worth reading.

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