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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here. Are young children listening to the sermon? At my Episcopal church nearby, all the kids go to a different area of the church for a kid-centric mini-service and return to the main church at communion.[/quote]

My kids are older 9+ and they are not excused from being forced to listen to preaching about the beauty of gay marriage at St. C's. I don't expect to be preached to only about issues that pertain to me--I don't think the majority of St. C's parish is wrestling with the issue of gay rights and marriage. There are literally hundreds more pressing issues that could be addressed--yet every single week it it: "My partner an I were thinking about this or that *insert political issue*" My eyes glaze over and my body just goes rigid and I am saying "la-la-la-la-la-la in my head until the priest stops talking.[b] And then I am just pissed off for the rest of the morning because I feel manipulated.[/b] I want to meditate about the higher meaning of Christ through a analysis of the scripture as it applies to ordinary family life. It is not a church of gay activists. We are meek, liberal homeowner in Chevy Chase and AU Park. We totally accept gay people in our families and in the workplace.[b] Talk about parenting kids 0-18 and dealing with elderly parents and confronting mortality.[/b] That's what the parishioners are really struggling with.[/quote]

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