When Victory Church cancelled its Christmas concert over gay singers; First United Methodist stepped up. Lakeland Now is taking a risk to bring Bone Valley's Gilbert King to Lakeland. Good stuff.
"Let's face it, sweetheart, without Jews, fags, and Gypsies, there is no theatre."
- Mel Brooks, "To Be or Not To Be" (1983)
Well, thank GOD they don't have prostitutes, lepers, or tax-collectors among the singers cuz then the Lord would...what? (Yeah, thank GOD! And thank you First UMC.)
Selection of our family's annual charity donations is actually a serious issue for us, and concluded this past week. Based upon this blog post, I've reopened the competition and we've made a humble contribution to Lakeland Now. (Casting bread upon the waters, as it were.)
Thank you Billy. May this next year be your best one yet!
“Institutional bigotry is always cowardly before anything else — even before it’s hateful.” So very true. Most institutions are concerned about their reputations, perhaps more so than people. Unlike people, they don’t want to attract much attention - preferring to be vaguely perceived as inoffensive, not controversial and generally nice. Therefore, all of the dirty work must be done on the down-low.
That’s awesome. Thanks for this.
"Let's face it, sweetheart, without Jews, fags, and Gypsies, there is no theatre."
- Mel Brooks, "To Be or Not To Be" (1983)
Well, thank GOD they don't have prostitutes, lepers, or tax-collectors among the singers cuz then the Lord would...what? (Yeah, thank GOD! And thank you First UMC.)
Selection of our family's annual charity donations is actually a serious issue for us, and concluded this past week. Based upon this blog post, I've reopened the competition and we've made a humble contribution to Lakeland Now. (Casting bread upon the waters, as it were.)
Thank you Billy. May this next year be your best one yet!
“Institutional bigotry is always cowardly before anything else — even before it’s hateful.” So very true. Most institutions are concerned about their reputations, perhaps more so than people. Unlike people, they don’t want to attract much attention - preferring to be vaguely perceived as inoffensive, not controversial and generally nice. Therefore, all of the dirty work must be done on the down-low.