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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We found Blessed Sacrament in DC to be super duper conservative[/quote]

agree[/quote]

I'm really curious about BS.  What makes it conservation, in your view?[/quote]

We belong to BS.  I think it's a mix - it's conservative in the old money upper NW/Chevy Chase kind of way.  Lots of snooty people.  It took me a long time to find a fit there, but I have met lovely folks there.  I also think it's just sort of more old school, and there are a lot of older people there.

We came close to sending our child there many years ago, and I was shocked when touring the school to see no children of color there at all.  That's changed a little, but I'd describe the conservatism there as partly a function of being a pretty homogeneous parish.

On the other hand, we were upfront when touring the school that our child's best friend had two dads and we would not ever say that was a bad thing.  We were encouraged by the responses we received - all positive and welcoming.

I think there are some conservative parishioners, but there are a fair number of social justice liberal parishioners, too.  Our child is in the school of religion and I've been really pleased that the focus for the grade this year has been on welcoming a refugee family.  [/quote]

This. I'm a BS parishioner and school parent. Lots of "country club" types who as a whole probably lean more Republican and can maybe come across as "stuffy". But theologically I haven't found it overly conservative at all. Also, our car certainly definitely wasn't the only one with the H sticker on it at school pick up/weekend mass. [/quote]

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