EDOW Pride!

Following up on my previous note about support for marriage equality by the Episcopal Diocese of Washington–and its inclusive attitude generally towards LGBT people–this short note: the Episcopal Diocese of Washington is launching a new project / website: EDOW Pride!

Quoting from the welcome page:

With many congregations being served by Women, Persons of Color, or by an Openly Gay or Lesbian priest, the diocese is a place of welcome for all. The diversity is reflected in the wide array of worship styles and parish life within our faith communities.
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EDOW Pride is a ministry in the Diocese of Washington tailored to the needs of our Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender members.

We work within our home parishes to foster a place of welcome for all, gay or straight.

As I've mentioned our family has a close relationship with the Diocese, since Isaac is employed by them in his day job, and I am happy to acknowledge that the Diocese pays for my health-care insurance as Isaac's domestic partner (a relationship status already recognized in Washington, DC).

Having a ministry that is explicitly geared towards welcoming GLBT people is an idea that, in other places and at other times, might simply sound silly and unnecessary. Unfortunately, in our place and our time, it seems almost dangerously bold. Imagine that. In a social and political environment where many church denominations — Catholic, Mormon, evangelical — actively work to poison the public atmosphere towards GLBT people, it even leads this atheist to commend the Diocese for taking this welcome, public step in support of the many, many people who feel estranged from their faith community.

This EDOW Pride! website is very new and, I understand, has made its appearance a little sooner than anticipated, perhaps to counter the rather uncharitable (un-Christian?) public reaction of Catholic Charities to the pending marriage-equality bill in DC.

And so, I should be charitable towards the new website, but humor can be a positive thing, and I was amused by this text on the photo album page:

National Equality March
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Had the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, I wondered, suddenly taken a unilateral move to return to a Latin liturgy?

No, I rather suspect that it's just a bit of remaining Lorem ipsum (about, or enjoy the Lorem ipsum generator).

Posted on November 18, 2009 at 12.04 by jns · Permalink
In: All, Current Events, Faaabulosity

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  1. Written by S.W. Anderson
    on Thursday, 19 November 2009 at 00.52
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    Regarding "the diocese is a place of welcome for all" and your previous post, I can think of no better commendation for the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, D.C., than to say I think Christ would heartily approve.

    As for the Latin, eww; that's so Medieval.

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