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  • A Personal Message of Joy, to Several Constituencies

    December 31, 2013
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    In which your scribe celebrates the gift of a new job.

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  • Gov. Christie Belatedly Accepts Reality on Same-Sex Marriage

    October 21, 2013
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    One of the cool things about blogging is the occasional opportunity to say “I told you so,” and back it up with a link.

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  • SCOTUS Gets It Right on Same-Sex Marriage — and on Voting Rights Act

    June 27, 2013
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    The South no longer deserves a presumption of guilt on racial matters.

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  • Celebrating Ten Years of Father Bernie Poppe’s Ministry in Maplewood

    September 30, 2012
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    Ten years ago this week, the Rev. Bernard W. Poppe led his first service as Rector of St. George’s Episcopal Church. I still remember how he started his first sermon.

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  • No Going Back: Reflections on Gay Pride 2012

    June 26, 2012
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    I was struck, in a very positive way, by the pervasiveness of corporate sponsorship: Coca-Cola, Macy’s, Delta Airlines, AT&T, Citigroup, Target and New York Life. The buy-in from the titans of commerce testifies to the…

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  • Gay Rights Pioneer Preaches Forgiveness at St. George’s Church

    June 10, 2012
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    Louie Crew: “We know full well that we did not choose our biological families, but we can, and must, choose as family those whom we respect and those who treat us with respect.”

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  • Holy Cow, It’s Election Day — Tell Me Again Who’s Running?

    June 5, 2012
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    Democracy in action: I’m hereby asking my blog and Facebook friends for input on my important vote for Congress.

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  • Gay Pride Month at St. George’s Starts With Forum for Former Leader of GLAAD

    June 4, 2012
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    “Standing behind every harassed child is a whole lot of clueless adults…. There are certain people who don’t want to be anything other than clueless. Those are the people we will never get. But converting…

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  • She’s My Summer Love in the Spring, Fall and Winter

    October 7, 2011
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    Eleven years ago today, on a perfect sunny autumn afternoon, the Web Goddess and I were married at St. George’s Church. The first time I sang to her was a couple of years before that.

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  • On Gay Marriage, NY vs. NJ, and the Maplewood Bubble

    June 25, 2011
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    Same-sex marriage is a basic civil rights issue, and the only acceptable outcome is full marriage equality. With every passing year America will bend further in that direction. Faster, please.

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All That Is Necessary

. . . for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing

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