Cool thing I only found out about today

[catsittingstill]

Apparently the Quakers (the Society of Friends) in Britain appear likely to 1) approve gay marriage within the church (they've had same sex relationship blessings for years but they are likely to equate these to marriages) and 2) ask the British government to change the law to allow gay people to marry.

At least according to this story in the BBC News.

I think that's cool.  I had no idea.  And since I complain sometimes about stupid or mean things that various religions do, let me go on record as pointing out and applauding this nice thing.

In other news I will be going off LJ in a day or two and be out of touch for a couple of weeks.  Don't panic; it's nothing bad.  However I can pretty much guarantee I won't be able to catch up with two weeks of LJ when I get back.  Just so you know.

And I'm pretty sure I'm the only person in Jefferson city who has walked around her block, more than once, with her canoe on her head.  Well, her shoulders really.  The clamp-in yoke works. 

The neighbors' dogs were *so* freaked.  You would think my smell wouldn't have changed any...

Comments

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

Always knew Quakers were cool at least as far as traditional religions go... and did know that they were sanctioning same-sex unions... but tres cool on asking the Brits to formally recognize it.

[pocketnaomi.livejournal.com]

The Quakers have been fairly decent on a number of political/ethical issues for quite some time, though the history geek in me still bears them a grudge for persuading Benedict Arnold to turn traitor...

[judifilksign.livejournal.com]

The dogs:
To the tune of Flanders and Swann's "GNU" song chorus:

It's a canoe. A c-nuther canoe. See us dogs c-nash our teeth at you.
It's a canoe. How'd you do? Hand carved with patience by her one-man crew.
It's a canoe. It carries *you*. Rowing down the river's what you do.
Yoked up way up high, we watch you walking by,
Oh, no, you row, you row, row a canoe!
Oh, no, you row, you row, Oh, no, you row, you row, Go row your canoe!

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

Oh, so *that* was the problem! :-)

[randwolf.livejournal.com]

The Friends have had many good moments. Good old-fashioned radicalism. They were anti-slavery when it was risky, and IIRC some members were pro-choice when that was risky.

A person with a canoe on her head sounds remarkably like something silly from a children's fantasy. Have a good disappearance!

[bigbumble.livejournal.com]

Have fun and be careful! I don't know what we would do with a bunch of orphaned mimmoths!

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

I will be careful. I understand my responsibility for the mimmoths. :-)

[gannet.livejournal.com]

The dogs I know get freaked out by hats and umbrellas, so I can only imagine what a canoe would do...

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

Enjoy your canoeage!