tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post6816344085722514236..comments2024-02-28T12:04:11.837-08:00Comments on Jesus in Love Blog: Patron saints for straight allies of LGBT people: Adele Starr of PFLAG and othersKittredge Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02617858676733169316noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-26302341496161373152014-12-14T07:02:54.312-08:002014-12-14T07:02:54.312-08:00Thanks for beginning this series on our straight a...Thanks for beginning this series on our straight allies and Adele Starr is an excellent choice for a starting point. Edith Perry is also an excellent choice and she was a guest in my home. She certainly is a saint. Nancy RNancy Radclyffenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-25904070153837745692012-12-11T20:33:05.635-08:002012-12-11T20:33:05.635-08:00Thanks for reminding me of Edith Perry! I found h...Thanks for reminding me of Edith Perry! I found her photo tribute page at Troy’s website and added the link to the main post. He describes her as “EDITH ALLEN PERRY (1916 - 1989), mother of Troy, Eugene, Jimmy, Jack, and Jerry, and "Mom" to thousands of her children in the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches."<br /><br />Here’s the link:<br /><a href="http://www.revtroyperry.org/photoalbum/people/momperry/bio_momperry.htm" rel="nofollow">Tribute to Mrs. Edith Allen (Mom) Perry</a>, mother of MCC founder Rev. Troy Perry and thousands of people in Metropolitan Community Churches (revtroyperry.org)<br /><br />I suppose I didn’t think of Edith Perry because I never had the opportunity to meet her. Your story of how she “almost” stayed in your home reminds me of those “George Washington slept here” legends. Smile. One of my friends claims to have inherited a used bed from Edith too. <br /><br />SCG, thanks for expressing your appreciation. When I was working on this, I saw that there is nothing like it out on the Internet. I wonder if it was an unmet need, or a subject of little interest. So far the readership is small but enthusiastic.Kittredge Cherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02617858676733169316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-41734014614623650922012-12-11T04:45:09.094-08:002012-12-11T04:45:09.094-08:00Fascinating post, Kitt. I have a suggestion for y...Fascinating post, Kitt. I have a suggestion for you as a "departed straight ally" - Ma Perry. I'm surprised that she didn't spring immediately to your mind as you were writing this. <br /><br />We almost had her as a guest in our home years ago. Troy for many years in the '80's and '90's had a tradition of celebrating Easter with First MCC of Atlanta - at the beginning, MCC of the Blessed Redeemer. His mother was going to stay at our home during one such visit, except that it turned out she was allergic to cats. Sigh. Trudiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17866513608442388870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29680163.post-85250412920808358502012-12-11T00:37:59.955-08:002012-12-11T00:37:59.955-08:00Yay!!! Thank you so much for writing about the pow...Yay!!! Thank you so much for writing about the powerful sainthood of PFLAG moms like Adele Starr. Our straight allies need to be reminded that without their voices, the chorus singing out for equality isn't nearly full enough. SCGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08162762233972733978noreply@blogger.com